ultraviolent
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- adjective
- /ˌʌltrəˈvaɪələnt/
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ultraviolento
- The industry does have more to offer than the equivalent of ultraviolent summer blockbusters, but it clearly thinks only neck-slicing will sell.
- ultraviolent horror movies
Columbia was, like you said, an ultraviolent place.
- Columbia was, like you said, an ultraviolent place.
- It's really horrifying how many people in America are ultraviolent, man.
- We kind of think, I don't know, we I kind of thought as Genghis Khan as a ultraviolent, a leader of ultraviolent men.
Examples
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What goads me the worst is reading various critics' insistence that the film is good because it eschews the modern ultraviolent mode.
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Remember Me dev: "You don't need to be ultraviolent" to succeed
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We kind of think, I don't know, we I kind of thought as Genghis Khan as a ultraviolent, a leader of ultraviolent men.
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Prince, Stephen. Savage Cinema: Sam Peckinpah and the Rise of Ultraviolent Movies. Austin: U of Texas P, 1998. Print.
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Directed by Pete Travis, the ultraviolent, slick, and brutal pic was primed to be a solid hit in the hard-R action genre.
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Just like any other ultraviolent, 2 4-hour, wildly popular yet utterly purposeless, embraced-by-the-masses, lnternet role-playing game.
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The movie was criticized for its ultraviolent content that shocked many viewers.
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In his latest novel, the author explores ultraviolent themes that challenge societal norms.
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Many parents are concerned about the ultraviolent scenes in the video games their children play.
Synonyms
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Very cruel and violent, causing pain or suffering
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Death caused by physical force or injury, not by illness
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Very violent and causing many deaths
Very violent and likely to destroy things
Antonyms
How Violent
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- Offensive
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Etymology
Ultraviolent comes from the prefix ultra- meaning 'beyond' or 'extreme' and the word violent meaning 'using force or causing harm'. A famous use in the novel 'A Clockwork Orange' popularized the idea of 'ultraviolence', so ultraviolent is a memorable way to say 'extremely violent'.