anti-violence

adjective

an·ti-vi·o·lence

ˌan-tē-ˈvī-lən(t)s,

-ˈvī-ə-

ˌan-tī-

variants or less commonly antiviolence

: acting against or opposing violence

anti-violence initiatives

an anti-violence rally

There's an emerging alliance of anti-pornography and anti-violence feminists with therapists who diagnose and treat child abuse …—

Wendy Kaminer

Examples of anti-violence in a Sentence

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The Tuesday killings came the day after city leaders lauded a reduction in gun violence in 2024, praising the revival of an anti-violence strategy known as Ceasefire. —

Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2025 Part of the company’s plan for Infowars was to make anti-violence organization Everytown for Gun Safety the exclusive advertiser. —

David Ingram, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024 Driving the news: The winners are: Chantay Love, an anti-violence advocate who runs Every Murder is Real (EMIR). —

Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024 Starks also had a strong relationship with Cline, having been involved in several anti-violence initiatives that Cline had championed, including Project Safe Neighborhoods, a federal gun prosecution program. —

Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for anti-violence