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violenting

violenting is the present participle and gerund of violent.

Meaning of violent

Verb

violent (third-person singular simple present violents, present participle violenting, simple past and past participle violented)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To urge with violence.
    • a great adversary , stepping in , so violented his Majesty to a trial1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

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Questions about violenting

What is violenting the present participle and gerund of?
Violenting is the present participle and gerund of violent.

Words near violenting in the dictionary

  1. violent storm
  2. violent storms
  3. violented
  4. violenter
  5. violentest
  6. violenting
  7. violently
  8. violentness
  9. violents
  10. violer
  11. violers

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