increasingly violent
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Describes violence that is growing in intensity or frequency over time.
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- The protests became increasingly violent as the night wore on.
- He worried about the increasingly violent rhetoric in political discourse.
- The weather patterns are becoming increasingly violent, causing widespread damage.
- Reports indicated an increasingly violent conflict in the war-torn region.
- Children exposed to certain media may exhibit increasingly violent behavior.
- As the pressure mounted, her temper grew increasingly violent and unpredictable.
- The gang's activities were observed to be increasingly violent in their turf wars.
- There is a concern that some video games promote increasingly violent tendencies among players.
- Despite efforts to de-escalate, the confrontation turned increasingly violent with physical altercations.
- The animal, cornered and afraid, became increasingly violent in its desperate attempts to escape.