The phrase "a violent wave" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a wave that is forceful or aggressive, often in the context of nature or metaphorically in literature.
Example: "The storm unleashed a violent wave that crashed against the shore, sending debris flying in all directions."
Alternatives: "a fierce wave" or "a tumultuous wave."
Ms. Stritch dismisses with a violent wave of the hand the idea that she will wither away outside the media glare.
By Jon Lee Anderson June 8, 2015 An assassination plot against Tariq Aziz set in motion a violent wave of repression in Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
Throughout, Mr. Zaritt crawls on the inclined contraption or lowers himself with a desperate twirl to the floor, where writhing motion propels him back and forth across the stage like a violent wave.
Pakistan has seen a violent wave of terrorist attacks in recent years, blamed by the government on Islamic extremists and tribal militants based in the semiautonomous tribal areas straddling the border with Afghanistan.
The shooting comes amid a violent wave in which at least 17 federal, state and local officers have been killed by gunfire so far this year, an increase of more than 23 percent over this time last year, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, a nonprofit group.
In Argentina, the abduction was met with a violent wave of antisemitism carried out by far-right sectors, including the Tacuara Nationalist Movement.
What little anarchist activity the regime tolerated ended in 1929, after the accession of Joseph Stalin, and the bookshops of the Golos Truda group in Moscow and Petrograd were closed permanently amidst an abrupt and violent wave of repression.
Anhang's death was originally thought to have been another part of this violent wave, a robbery gone bad — until the victim's family realized the young man's money was still on his body.
A young girl experiences her father's death as just one more violent wave in a turbulent family sea.
Anglo American has lost 16p to £17.09 despite news that its platinum subsidiary in South Africa had settled a long running and often violent wave of strikes.
The intended result is a violent shock wave through the opposite side of the surface that has been struck.
