American Heritage Dictionary
   1. Physical force exerted for the purpose of violating, damaging, or abusing: crimes of violence.

Online Etymology Dictionary
c.1290, "physical force used to inflict injury or damage," from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. violence, from L. violentia "vehemence, impetuosity," from violentus "vehement, forcible," probably related to violare (see violate).

WordNet
1. TABan act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one" 

Carol Moore User:Carolmooredc User talk:Carolmooredc

Real Restructuring of Article to Explicate POVs

Re-reading the article itself, looking through pages of Search results on violence,  ’s comments on perceptions,  and looking at how the Terrorism article dealt with similar POV problems, I realize the whole article needs restructuring per the below and will do so in next few days after comments.  Honest dealing with POVs is all I am interested in -)  Will proceed during weekend.

OUTLINE:

''Violence is the exertion of physical force so as to injure or abuse. The word is used broadly and may describe the destructive action of natural phenomena like storms and landslides damaging physical things, accidental or intentional human destruction of property or injury to persons, or intentional psychological harm to those living under constant threat of physical abuse and/or verbal and emotional abuse. Ref:Merriam-Webster and American Heritage Dictionary