gewaltsam
violent, forceful
English translations
- 01
forcibly
- 02
violently
Word details
- German meaning
- Gewaltsam bedeutet, dass etwas unter Anwendung von physischer oder psychischer Gewalt geschieht.
- English meaning
- Violently
- Synonym
- Brutal, heftig
- German example
- Die Polizei beendete die Demonstration gewaltsam.
- English example
- The police violently ended the demonstration.
- Comparative
- gewaltsamerSuperlative: am gewaltsamsten
Related words
- entführen
To kidnap
- schanghaien
To shanghai someone means to forcibly or deceptively bring someone onto a ship to force them to work. It is an outdated practice.
- ausbrechen
To break out means to emerge suddenly and violently, to escape, or to begin.
- kapern
To hijack
- einbrechen
to break into
- annektieren
To annex means to incorporate a territory or land into one's own state, often by force or without the consent of the population.
- eindringen
To intrude
- dahinraffen
To snatch away (life), to kill off
- entreißen
to snatch, to wrest
- ausgeraubt
Robbed
- ausraubend
robbing
- rawben
To plunder, to rob violently.
- ausspeien
To spew out
- einreißen
to tear down, to demolish
- zerrupfen
"zerrupfen" means to tear or pluck something into small pieces, often messily or violently.
- Putsch
Coup
- Raub
robbery
- Unterdrückung
Oppression
- Massaker
Massacre
- Banküberfall
bank robbery
- Anschlag
Attack, assault, strike
- Plünderung
Looting
- Plünderer
Looter
- Brandschatzung
Extortion by arson
- implodieren
Implode
- Plünderin
Looting woman, plunderer
- Putschversuch
Coup attempt
- Vertreibung
Expulsion
- Pulverfaß
Powder keg
- Terrorangriff
Terrorist attack
- Palastrevolution
palace coup
- Umstürzler
Subversive
- Einmarsch
Invasion
- Dschihadismus
Jihadism
- rauben
To rob
- ausreißen
Tear out, break away
- plündern
to loot
- verschleppen
To abduct, to kidnap
- putschen
To stage a coup means to attempt a violent overthrow of the government.
- abreissen
To tear down
- entern
To board (a ship)
- stürmen
To storm
- bemächtigen
To seize means to take possession of something forcibly or unlawfully.
- in Beschlag nehmen
to seize
- entzweireißen
to tear apart, to split
- ausreissen
To tear out means to pull something out with force or to violently remove oneself.
- abmurksen
to bump off
Example sentences with “gewaltsam”
Er wurde gewaltsam aus dem Raum geführt. (He was forcibly led out of the room.)
Frequently asked questions
Is 'gewaltsam' always negative?
Yes, it describes actions that involve force or violence against someone's will.