ultraviolence

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

ultra- +‎ violence

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Noun

ultraviolence (uncountable)

  1. Unnecessary, unprovoked (usually brutal) violence; violent acts simply for the thrill and entertainment of it.
    • 1963 [1962], Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange, New York: W. W. Norton, →ISBN, page 69:
      I gave them the ultra-violence, the crasting, the dratsing, the old in-out in-out, the lot, right up to this night's veshch with the bugatty starry ptitsa with the mewing kots and koshkas.
    • 2008, Gene Kannenberg, 500 Essential Graphic Novels, Ilex Press, →ISBN, page 15:
      Sam and Max are Freelance Police, irreverent and slightly insane, toting guns and determined to bring outrageous ultraviolence and fluffy kittens to the world. They also happen to be a dog and rabbit, respectively.

See also
  • Appendix:A Clockwork Orange
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