Usage patterns
〈人〉が暴力を受けるfor someone to be subjected to violence
She had been subjected to violence from her husband.
暴力を防ぐto prevent violence
The school is carrying out efforts to prevent violence.
暴力から逃れるto escape from violence
He left home to escape the violence.
〈人〉に暴力を加えるto inflict violence on someone
He inflicted violence on the unresisting person.
Expressions
数の暴力tyranny of the majority; violence by weight of numbers
