violent nature

collocation in English

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violent
adjective
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/ˈvaɪə.lənt/us
/ˈvaɪə.lənt/
using force to hurt ...
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nature
noun
uk
/ˈneɪ.tʃər/us
/ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/
all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, ...
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(Definition ofviolentandnaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In most cases, their transience is caused by theviolentnatureof their criminality.
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At times, the life of an heir might be in jeopardy given theviolentnatureof some succession disputes.
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The stepfather certainly had aviolentnatureat times.
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He may produce criticisms of the mostviolentnatureagainst what has happened, but he is totally toothless.
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However, his true, moreviolentnatureis eventually revealed.
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Of these, 56% were of aviolentnature.
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I would suggest that there is also a need for a scientific investigation into the causes of juvenile crime, particularly that of aviolentnature.
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It is my strong view that harsh and stern penalties should be imposed that truly reflect the terrifying andviolentnatureof the crime.
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There is also a very great strain imposed by the demonstrations, of an increasinglyviolentnature, which have taken place over the last year.
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It destroys individuality and reinforces theviolentnatureof those who are violent and the inadequacies of those who are inadequate in the first place.
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I heard only at lunch to-day of another case where there was throughout a school poisoning of a veryviolentnature.
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It is worth pointing out, too, that there are on the statute book other methods of dealing with soliciting of an aggressive orviolentnature.
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But some of the early risk-takers made heavy losses and there have been up and downs of a fairlyviolentnature.
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The central theme of the album is moral decline and theviolentnatureof humanity.
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The injunction had been issued because of theviolentnatureof the strike.
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Gompers repudiated socialism and abandoned theviolentnatureof the earlier unions.
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She had started out as a pacifist, disapproving of war and itsviolentnature.
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However, the overall actions were not of aviolentnaturein most of the informants.
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In comparison, 38% of all racially motivated offenses were of aviolentnature.
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Thisviolentnatureis attributed to the dramatic structural changes its brain undergoes during evolution.
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Despite his headstrong, at firstviolentnature, they fall deeply in love.
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Due to hisviolentnature, many civil people tend to fear him.
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Some schools and universities have banned the game due to its perceivedviolentnature.
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Theirviolentnaturecan be noted to commonly cause all-out wars among their own kind.
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