Collocations for violence - noun

considerable, great, excessive, extreme, large-scale, serious | fresh
There are fears of fresh violence if the strike continues.

continuing, escalating, growing | gratuitous, unnecessary
Letters poured in complaining about the gratuitous violence on the show.

mindless, random, uncontrolled | brutal | criminal, unlawful | endemic, institutionalized, widespread
attempts to rescue the country from endemic violence

sporadic
In spite of sporadic violence, polling was largely orderly.

domestic, physical, sexual | drug-related, election-related, etc. | communal, ethnic, inter-communal, inter-ethnic, racial, sectarian | political, revolutionary, terrorist | left-wing, right-wing

level

commit, engage in, inflict, perpetrate, resort to, turn to, use
people who inflict violence on animals | violence perpetrated by the army | The peasants believed their only choice was to resort to violence. | Under no circumstances should police use violence against protesters.

suffer
She had suffered years of violence and abuse.

encourage, incite, provoke | denounce, deplore, hate, reject | breed
Hatred breeds violence.

spill over into
The enthusiasm of the protest spilled over into violence.

contain
UN peacekeepers are struggling to contain the escalating violence.

end, quell
Troops were called in to quell the violence.

be capable of
We are all capable of violence in certain circumstances.

break out, erupt, flare, occur
Violence erupted outside the prison last night.

mar sth
The demonstration was marred by violence.

escalate, intensify, worsen
Observers have warned that the violence could escalate into full-scale armed conflict.

spread

~ against
violence against police officers

~ among
violence among football supporters

~ between
violence between rival ethnic groups

~ towards
violence towards ethnic minorities

~ within
violence within the family

an act of violence
Any act of violence against another player must be punished.

an end to violence
The former leader of the terrorist group has called for an end to the violence.

an eruption/outbreak of violence
The police are bracing themselves for an outbreak of violence.

fear of violence, a life of violence
It was a predictable death for a man who had lived a life of violence.

men of violence
the men of violence who start wars

an outburst of violence
He had a short temper and was prone to outbursts of violence.

a threat of violence, an upsurge in violence, a victim of violence
a refuge for victims of domestic violence

violence begets/breeds violence
We have to make people realize that violence only begets more violence.

a wave of violence

suppressed

with (a) ~
He kissed her with suppressed violence.