hyperviolence

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noun

Extreme violence.

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Meanings

nounhyperviolence (uncountable)
  1. uncountableExtreme violence.

    To Morris, this rejection and all that followed — the hyperviolence of the second Palestinian uprising, the rise of Hamas — confirm that there is nothing Israel could do to make Arab Muslims agree to its existence as a Jewish state.

    2009 May 24, Jeffrey Goldberg, “No Common Ground”, in New York Times

Origin

From hyper- + violence.

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APA

hyperviolence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperviolence

MLA

“hyperviolence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperviolence. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hyperviolence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperviolence.

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