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nonviolent

When something is nonviolent, it is not violent and usually peaceful. Mahatma Gandhi and his protesters protested in a nonviolent way.

nonviolent

abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence (= unbloody) achieved without bloodshed an unbloody transfer of power

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Simple sentences

You can solve the problem in nonviolent ways.

Movie subtitles

Nonviolent.
I am as nonviolent as you.
Don't be so violent, Harry. If you want to be stupid, be nonviolent stupid.
It'll never work, I'm a nonviolent person.
Peaceful, nonviolent noncooperation till you yourself see the wisdom of leaving Your Excellency.
And a constructive program is the only nonviolent solution to India's agony.
Respectable young Quaker couple. returning from quiet afternoon of nonviolent sex.
That's nonviolent, passive, positive or whatever they call it these old days.
It's my form of nonviolent protest.
If you can't be nonviolent, don't get in it. --To love our enemy and pray for those who use us spitefully.
Maybe find a nonviolent way to structure the conflict so that nobody gets hurt.
Moe, I think he meant through nonviolent, grassroots political action.
Spirits are nonviolent.
Once we've collected the information we need, and if they appear nonviolent, we'II make contact.
We will make protest, peaceable, nonviolent protest.
A nonviolent Missile, Mr. Surabhai?
We are fighting a nonviolent war.
Nonviolent at this stage.
We don't do that in this house. It's a nonviolent household.
And the Golf Ball Liberation Army is a nonviolent group.
Frankly, I don't know what's so nonviolent about that.
Be as nonviolent as possible.
High stakes. Low risk. Nonviolent.
In fact inherently, he has a nonviolent personality.
You are a nonviolent man yet you committed acts of excessive violence.
Go on. Whenever Marge puts on. one of her nonviolent programs, I take a walk.
Maybe find a nonviolent way to structure the conflict. so that nobody gets hurt.
Nonviolent?
They tend to nest in urban areas under roadways. Utterly nonviolent.
What about nonviolent protest?
Then we'll sit down and have a nice, nonviolent conversation.
There's a nonviolent way to handle this.
Okay. We need to be able to call a witness or two who can speak to your nonviolent character.

News and current affairs

The same people that Obama had called on in his Cairo speech to seek democracy had now formed the most important nonviolent movement the world had seen in decades.
Other senior Fatah officials have been banned from travel outside the West Bank, owing largely to their involvement in nonviolent protests.
In addition to nonviolent activities, Palestinian state-building efforts have been put in high gear.
Some of our participants reported having forgotten episodes of nonviolent sexual abuse perpetrated by a trusted adult.
Estrada remains adored by the masses, but so far the public's reaction to the verdict has been nonviolent and almost subdued.
Once again, Palestinians accepted Obama's formula, while Netanyahu publicly rejected it, leaving Palestinians with no other nonviolent alternative but to go to the UN to seek a state based on the 1967 borders.
In the case of border disputes, NATO members are committed to finding nonviolent solutions.
Protesters ideally should dedicate themselves to disciplined, nonviolent disruption in this spirit - especially disruption of traffic.
Ironically, Balluch, a brilliant man with doctorates in both physics and philosophy, is one of the foremost spokespersons in the worldwide animal-rights movement for pursuing the nonviolent, democratic road to reform.
Serbia, which traded violent nationalism for nonviolent nationalism when Slobodan Milosevic was overthrown eight years ago, has done all it can to impede resolution of these issues, with strong support from Vladimir Putin's Russia.
I am fearful of the effects of unrestrained domestic surveillance for specific reasons: I worked in two US presidential campaigns, and saw firsthand the standard tactics - nonviolent but still mafia-inflected - of high-level politics.
They have also clearly understood the folly of violent resistance, and have made a dramatic shift to nonviolent action - with the acceptance (and possibly encouragement) of the international community - in order to maintain pressure on the occupiers.

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