(1):
(n.) An assailant.
(2):
(v. i.) To be violent; to act violently.
(3):
(a.) Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease.
(4):
(a.) Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech.
(5):
(a.) Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural; abnormal.
(6):
(v. t.) To urge with violence.