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Violate
- verb -
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises;
- destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
- destroy; "Don't violate my garden"; "violate my privacy"
- force (someone) to have sex against their will;
- violate the sacred character of a place or language;
Violent
- adjective - (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; "a violent clash of colors"; "her dress was a violent red"; "a violent noise"; "wild colors"; "wild shouts"
- acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity; "a violent attack"; "a violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage"; "felt a violent dislike"
- characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode
- effected by force or injury rather than natural causes; "a violent death"
- marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"
Violets
- noun - a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
- any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers
Violine
- - A pale yellow amorphous substance of alkaloidal nature and emetic properties, said to have been extracted from the root and foliage of the violet (Viola). (b) Mauve aniline. See under Mauve.
Violins
- noun - bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
Violist
- noun - a musician who plays the viola
Violone
- - The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having strings tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the contrabasso; -- called also double bass.
Volleys
- noun - a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
- be dispersed in a volley; "gun shots volleyed at the attackers"
- discharge in, or as if in, a volley; "the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians"
- hit before it touches the ground; "volley the tennis ball"
- make a volley
- rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"
- utter rapidly; "volley a string of curses"
Vollmer
- unknown - Joan Vollmer (February 4, 1923 – September 6, 1951) was an influential participant in the early Beat Generation circle.
In 1946, she began a relationship with William S. Burroughs, later becoming his common-law wife. In 1951, Burroughs killed Vollmer.