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  • adjective Especially violent.

Etymologies

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super- +‎ violent

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Examples

  • Now that the worst of the worst have finally made it to the screen, we're in a mini golden age of superviolent thrillers about megalomaniacal despots and their sleazy retinues, mass killers and deranged terrorists.

    The Devil's Double and more movies on the megalomaniacal 2011

  • For those who believe that all female offenders are superviolent or uneducated or indifferent to their circumstances, these women beg to differ.

    On the Right Track Marion Jones 2010

  • For those who believe that all female offenders are superviolent or uneducated or indifferent to their circumstances, these women beg to differ.

    On the Right Track Marion Jones 2010

  • Im loving that studios are starting to shoot out good superviolent gory films..

    Samuel Bayer Interested in Directing Garth Ennis' The Boys « FirstShowing.net 2010

  • For those who believe that all female offenders are superviolent or uneducated or indifferent to their circumstances, these women beg to differ.

    On the Right Track Marion Jones 2010

  • Also, it always seemed superviolent when he ripped into robots.

    Valiant Comic Book Alphabet of Cool – M | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

  • The model for this genre is Sam Peckinpah's surpassingly bleak and superviolent "Straw Dogs," but Abel has been written as a straw man, and Mr. Jackson, an actor of formidable gifts, plays him with the subtlety of a robot stuck in destruct mode.

    Ricky Gervais Puts Some Life Into 'Ghost Town' 2008

  • It's been nine long years since Japanese icon Takeshi Kitano drew a line under his impressive run of superviolent gangster pics, with

    Empire News 2009

  • Every element of the story is preposterous: the idea of Swayze being a nationally famous bouncer with a degree in philosophy, the concept of such a superviolent bar having such an attractive clientele, the likelihood of a tiny Kansas town having such a sophisticated hospital, the authenticity of ripping another man’s throat out, etc. etc. etc.

    Chuck Klosterman on Living and Society Chuck Klosterman 2009

  • Every element of the story is preposterous: the idea of Swayze being a nationally famous bouncer with a degree in philosophy, the concept of such a superviolent bar having such an attractive clientele, the likelihood of a tiny Kansas town having such a sophisticated hospital, the authenticity of ripping another man’s throat out, etc. etc. etc.

    Chuck Klosterman on Living and Society Chuck Klosterman 2009

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