What are some opposite words for nonviolence?

Antonyms for nonviolence
nɒnˈvaɪ ə lənsnon·vi·o·lence

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  1. passive resistance, nonviolent resistance, nonviolencenoun

    peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate

    Synonyms:
    passive resistance, nonviolent resistance

How to use nonviolence in a sentence?

  1. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

    For peace, let us teach the humanity tolerance and nonviolence.

  2. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

    We can't win the world with weapons or violence. We can win the world with love and practice of nonviolence.

  3. The Powderhorn Safety Collective:

    We are neighbors providing support to the community with compassion and care in mind, as a collective, we commit to the practices of nonviolence and de-escalation with the end goal of strengthening the social fabric of the neighborhood.

  4. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

    Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

  5. Raphael Warnock:

    I have never been violent to anybody for any reason. I have spent my entire life as a citizen, as a pastor of Dr. King’s church steeped in the philosophy of nonviolence, my opponent, on the other hand, has a well-documented history of violence, and he hasn’t come clean about it.

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