ultraviolence
ultraviolence noun: unnecessary, unprovoked (usually brutal) violence; violent acts simply for the thrill and entertainment of it.
Noun
ultraviolence (uncountable)
- Unnecessary, unprovoked (usually brutal) violence; violent acts simply for the thrill and entertainment of it.
- I gave them the ultra-violence, the crasting, the dratsing, the old in-out in-out, the lot, right up to this night's veshch with the bugatty starry ptitsa with the mewing kots and koshkas.1962, Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, published 1963, →ISBN, page 69
- Sam and Max are Freelance Police, irreverent and slightly insane, toting guns and determined to bring outrageous ultraviolence and fluffy kittens to the world. They also happen to be a dog and rabbit, respectively.2008, Gene Kannenberg, 500 Essential Graphic Novels, Ilex Press, →ISBN, page 15
Forms of ultraviolence
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Origin of ultraviolence
From ultra- + violence.
Questions about ultraviolence
- What does ultraviolence mean?
- Ultraviolence means unnecessary, unprovoked (usually brutal) violence; violent acts simply for the thrill and entertainment of it.
- What part of speech is ultraviolence?
- Ultraviolence is a noun.
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