act of violence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofactandviolence
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act
noun
uk/ækt/us/ækt/
something that ...
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violence
noun[U]
uk/ˈvaɪə.ləns/us/ˈvaɪə.ləns/
actions or words that are intended to ...
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(Definition ofactandviolencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Via a smallactofviolence, his body had been opened to every aesthetic possibility.
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While emphasising speed, the gesture of the psychogram is, like the projects themselves, anactofviolence.
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Excavation into bedrock can be viewed as either anactofviolenceor of impregnation.
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It is therefore my contention that, in terms of theatrical practice, the verbal expression of female lament constitutes as powerful anactofviolenceas the deed of vengeance itself.
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Study members who reported engaging in at least oneactofviolencewithin the last year were classified as engaging in self-reported violence at age 32.
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The majority of women prisoners are not serving time in prison for anyactofviolence.
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Yet experience shows that everyactofviolencegenerates more violence and pushes the cycle of violence further.
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I find that much more offensive than a singleactofviolenceused in the context of a programme to make a particular point artistically.
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The word "batter" does not mean a singleactofviolence.
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Secondly, the clause makes it an offence to collect any information likely to be useful in planning or carrying out anyactofviolence.
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Oneactofviolencebreeds another and violence grows.
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In a situation such as that which we have seen, it is impossible to prevent everyactofviolence.
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A person whom they are worried about will have carried out a significantactofviolenceor disorder.
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He suggests that it should only be where there is a threat of death, or there has been someactofviolence.
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You cannot let it in, as he says, by a continuation of the blockade, for the blockade itself is anactofviolence.
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For example, this means that any demolition of buildings or damage which may be caused in constructing a building would constitute anactofviolence.
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It cannot be compared, and it should not be compared, with any otheractofviolence, great or small, that takes place within our society.
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But if the country is to learn the lesson it can only be taught by anactofviolence.
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