violent behaviour
collocation in Englishmeaningsofviolentandbehaviour
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violent
adjective
uk/ˈvaɪə.lənt/us/ˈvaɪə.lənt/
using force to hurt ...
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behaviour
noun
uk/bɪˈheɪ.vjər/us/bɪˈheɪ.vjɚ/
the way that ...
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(Definition ofviolentandbehaviourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is also an example of where all the villagers are organized into a neighbourhood watch to restrainviolentbehaviour.
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Predisposition to aggressiveness will not necessarily express itself asviolentbehaviour, but as talent in sports or creativity.
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While violence is sometimes overlooked in other texts, the author carefully delineates risk factors associated withviolentbehaviour.
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We understand the concern aboutviolentbehaviour.
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Violentbehaviouris unpleasant wherever it occurs.
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Those scenes were characterised byviolentbehaviourand enormous destruction.
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There can be no excuse for disruptive andviolentbehaviour.
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That can result in disorderly and oftenviolentbehaviour.
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In no way do we condoneviolentbehaviour.
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There is disruptive andviolentbehaviourby parents.
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It is not responsible for accidents orviolentbehaviour.
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It createsviolentbehaviourin peace-loving people.
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On the other hand, there are numerous indications ofviolentbehaviouron the part of the beadles during just such activities.
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The researchers looked for distinctive factors that could influence the occurrence of domestic violence in different socio-economic sectors in order to link poverty andviolentbehaviour.
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But it is not women who are the problem, it is theviolentbehaviourof men.
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Some prisoners, however, cannot always be held with others because of their difficult orviolentbehaviour.
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More recently, his propensity forviolentbehaviourresulted in the prison sentence he is currently serving.
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They may vary very rapidly, and seem to be associated withviolentbehaviour.
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That is an equally powerful contributory factor to theviolentbehaviourthat we see around us.
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These were not one-off incidents; there is a continued pattern ofviolentbehaviour.
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The effects ofviolentbehaviourare the same wherever it occurs.
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Hooliganism andviolentbehaviourin which alcohol is a factor are growing features of our society.
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Will he deplore the walking graffiti which does so much to encourageviolentbehaviour?
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Violentbehaviour, of whatever type, appears to follow a similar growth pattern.
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