violently

adverb

as in sharply

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Recent Examples of violently Organisms not resistant to this onslaught—anything from microbes and crops to whales and humans—would experience an almost violently severe sunburn. — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 In Italy, a march in central Milan on Saturday over living costs also ended violently, with rioters attacking the police with stones and paving blocks and setting fire to barricades. — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026 The American Civil Liberties Union sued in February, alleging officers hurled racial epithets, acted violently, and largely withheld food, water, bathrooms and medical care. — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026 After feeling someone violently strike him, the victim turned to face Lyons, who allegedly stared at him while holding a box cutter blade. — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 In recent months, some militant settlers are ramping up their campaign to violently drive out the Palestinians who live there -- often with impunity -- the Israeli government showing an unwillingness to crack down on the violence. — Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026 Demolishing universities, assaulting the press, violently resegregating the public sphere, ramming degenerative AI down our throats, incarcerating mere zine makers, the regime is systematically repealing the right to culture. — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Sanon, 67, is accused of wanting to replace Moïse as president by violently overthrowing his government. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 Zhang and Xuan were first arrested in May 2025 after a hospital reported that their 2-month-old infant had a traumatic head injury, the result of a nanny at the home violently shaking the baby, according to Arcadia police. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for violently
  1. sharply
  2. fiercely
  3. vehemently
  4. forcefully
  5. forcibly
  6. vigorously
  7. strongly
  8. energetically
Adverb
  • The charges have been sharply reduced since May and many residents have been seeing a credit on their monthly bills as the public benefits charges have been temporarily eliminated.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has sharply criticized the diesel deal.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of sharply
Adverb
  • Rooting it very fiercely in a time period felt like the wrong choice.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The first season of Carrie follows misfit high-schooler Carrie White (Howell) who has spent her life hidden away inside the walls of her home with her fiercely protective mother, Margaret (Samantha Sloyan).
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of fiercely
Adverb
  • Funding for Platte County police came to a heated front in a county commission meeting earlier this year where Sheriff Erik Holland and Prosecuting Attorney Erik Zahnd vehemently argued that the law enforcement budget was too low.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The assassination was ordered personally by Walter Ulbricht, head of the Berlin Communist Party, as was widely reported at the time, though it was vehemently denied.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of vehemently
Adverb
  • The attack sparked outrage in Israel, with Netanyahu traveling to the attack site and vowing to respond forcefully.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Videos and accounts surfaced online of individuals being forcefully recruited off the streets.
    — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of forcefully
Adverb
  • Women are typically forcibly sterilized through hysterectomy, tubal ligation, or endometrial ablation, while men are typically subjected to vasectomy.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Trump’s yearly average of removing 380,000 migrants forcibly, rather than voluntarily, is lower than Barack Obama’s average of 392,000 annually in his first term.
    — Alec Dent, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of forcibly
Adverb
  • The president has continued to vigorously back Paxton throughout the general election, making several trips to Texas to campaign for him.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • His critics interpreted it as endorsing the massacre of Israeli civilians, though Abu Shehadeh and others vigorously denied that claim.
    — Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of vigorously
Adverb
  • Still, the momentum, by his forecast, strongly favors the Democrats.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • What famous physicists thought The debate between determinism and indeterminism in quantum mechanics has split the physicists into two groups that stand strongly by their views.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of strongly
Adverb
  • Italians are fed energetically with the sustenance of beauty, ease, and joy.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Molecules pooling close to regions that repel water can be forced into distinctive arrangements that are energetically costly to maintain, resembling pieces of a jigsaw puzzle pushed into patterns poised on the verge of scattering.
    — Mike McRae October 13, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of energetically

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