The GENERAL CONTEXT of such use is:
violence:
1. (a) the exercise of physical force so as to inflict injury on, or cause damage to, persons or property; action or conduct characterized by this; treatment or usage tending to cause bodily injury or forcibly interfering with personal freedom. (b) to inflict harm or injury upon; to outrage or violate. (c) n/a (d) undue constraint applied to some natural process, habit, etc., so as to prevent its free development or exercise. Now used in political contexts with varying degrees of appropriateness. (e) n/a
2. an instance or case of violent, injurious, or severe treatment; a violent act or proceeding.
3. force or strength of physical action or or natural agents; forcible, powerful, or violent action or motion.
4. (a) great force, severity, or vehemence; intensity of some condition or influence. (b) intensity or excess of contrast.
5. vehemence of personal feeling or action; great, excessive, or extreme ardour or fervour; also, violent or passionate conduct or language; passion, fury.
6. violation of some condition.
7. to do violence to; to violate.
8. to compel or constrain; to force (a person) to or from a place, etc., or to do something, by violence.