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violence-ridden

violence-ridden adjective: dominated or plagued by violence.

Adjective

violence-ridden (comparative more violence-ridden, superlative most violence-ridden)

  1. Dominated or plagued by violence.
    • Troops were deployed in the violence-ridden province to re-establish law and order.

Forms of violence-ridden

comparativemore violence-ridden
superlativemost violence-ridden

Origin of violence-ridden

From violence + -ridden.

Questions about violence-ridden

What does violence-ridden mean?
Violence-ridden means dominated or plagued by violence.
What part of speech is violence-ridden?
Violence-ridden is an adjective.

Words near violence-ridden in the dictionary

  1. viole da braccio
  2. viole da gamba
  3. viole di bordone
  4. violed
  5. violence
  6. violence-ridden
  7. violenced
  8. violences
  9. violencies
  10. violencing
  11. violency

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