violently

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If you act against those you disagree with violently, that is tyranny.

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  • He had, as a matter of fact, nearly lost his neck in the Irish fiasco, either in Clonmel or Sligo, bolting violently from the English dragoons, in the mist, to a French man-of-war's boats in the bay. —  Romance
  • Then--violently, suddenly--all this romance which had grown up around and after so much fighting, so many achievements, was broken off and destroyed. —  As We Are and As We May Be
  • At his entrance she started violently, and her sallow face grew earthy. —  The Marquis of Lossie
  • He understood that if his majority were not overwhelming he would be assailed again next year more violently, and must in the long run inevitably lose his power. —  Elder Conklin and Other Stories
  • The calf sucks, thinking it has a teat, and pretty soon it butts violently--as calves do to remind their mothers to let down the milk--and the boy's wrist gets barked against the jagged edge of the bucket. —  While the Billy Boils
 

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