The phrase "summary violence" is not commonly used in written English and may be unclear without context.
It could be used in discussions about the overall impact or representation of violence in a specific context, such as literature or media.
Example: "The film's portrayal of summary violence raises questions about its ethical implications."
Alternatives: "overall violence" or "generalized violence."
We were more respectful of authority – because "authority" had a way of committing summary physical violence against you, or fitting you up if they didn't like the look of you, irrespective of any evidence or reference to human rights.
In a 10-foot-wide chart labeled "Violence Summary, U.S. v. Tommy Edelin et al.," the government offers life snippets and photographs of the victims; smiling in pictures from student days were 20-year-old Rodney Smith and his sister, Volante, 14, who were killed in what was called a case of mistaken identity by a gunman from the 1-5 Mob.
The independent panel also accused armed groups and the Congolese army of human rights abuses, including use of child soldiers, summary executions and sexual violence, and profiting from illegal mining operations in resource-rich eastern Congo.
Mr Eliasson said there had been an surge in sexual violence, torture, summary executions and sectarian violence.
The last days we have been caught by the demons of division and barbarism, violence, killings, torture, summary executions.
The most recent violence has included summary killings of settlers from the Punjab, whom Baluch nationalists blame for stealing jobs and land.
You may recognize the above as a summary of "A History of Violence," David Cronenberg's mesmerizing adaptation of a graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke.
Since extremist groups took over parts of Iraq, rising levels of violence, including fighting, summary executions and reports of abduction, have pushed hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.
Such procedures include the Special Rapporteurs on the right to education; on torture; on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; on violence against women; on freedom of religion or belief; and on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; and also an Independent Expert on human rights and extreme poverty.
It upheld 49 complaints against the Queensland-based company in the five years to 2015, some of which have been cited in the board's determination summaries on discrimination and vilification, violence and sex, sexuality and nudity.
