The phrase "a violent wave of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a sudden and intense occurrence of something, often in a metaphorical sense, such as emotions, events, or phenomena.
Example: "The community was hit by a violent wave of protests following the controversial decision."
Alternatives: "a fierce surge of" or "a tumultuous influx of".
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.
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.
In Argentina, the abduction was met with a violent wave of antisemitism carried out by far-right sectors, including the Tacuara Nationalist Movement.
The political situation in Darfur is complex, but the end results of these attacks are clear-cut: poor, but sustainable farming families – just like Rihab's – torn apart in a violent wave of killing and looting.
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.
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.
'A Cambodian Spring' charts the chaotic and violent wave of change shaping modern-day Cambodia, following three activists a Buddhist monk, the Venerable Luon Sovath, and two young mothers and friends, Toul Srey Pov and Tep Vanny.
As it was believed that this "violent wave of religious prejudice was actuated by mercenary motives", and that publication would stop if fines were imposed and jail time assessed, numerous state councils and the Supreme Council began suing distributors for libel.
Snorting it triggered a surge of intense sensation and then violent waves of vomiting unlike any I had ever experienced.
Mr. Marzouki was a victim of one of the most violent waves of gang crime ever to hit this city on France's southeast coast.
