Besides, Lafitte wasn't the kind of person who would employ direct violence.

I'd had enough of direct violence for one day.

That is direct violence which can only be punished by sending him off.

Except rather than seek out direct violence against them, the killer manipulates others into acting.

The only practical way to punish a vampire is by the application of direct physical violence.

I thought they would react only against direct violence.

In modern societies, by contrast, direct symbolic violence between subjects declines.

One instance of terrifying hatred, accompanied by direct violence, stood out sharply in his experience.

Negative peace refers to the absence of direct violence.

But he couldn't bring himself to do direct violence against a human being.