nonviolent
Definitions of nonviolent
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achieved without bloodshed
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abstaining (on principle) from the use of violencesynonyms:antonyms:violentacting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensityhostilecharacterized by enmity or ill willunpeacefulnot peacefulconvulsiveresembling a convulsion in being sudden and violentlashingviolently urging on by whipping or floggingluridhorrible in fierceness or savageryrampageousdisplaying raging violence; often destructiveslam-bangviolent and sudden and noisy
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We're not asking, we're demanding: Vocabulary from "Selma," the movie
Although the words attributed to the historical figures captured in the film "Selma" -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Governor George Wallace of Alabama, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, and President Lyndon B. Johnson -- were created by film creator Ava DuVernay and screenwriter Paul Webb for the purposes of the film, they carry the meaning, cadence, and certainly the vocabulary of their time.
