'take violence' is not correct and cannot be used in written English as it is.
In this form, it doesn't make any sense. If you want to use it in a sentence, you must rephrase it. For example, "We must take action to stop violence."
Faced with the murder of innocents, there is no "but". Faced with the murder of innocents, we cannot take violence against bodies and the taking of lives for granted as legitimate means of action, or permissible outlets for hostility.
If they start hurling bricks, that's their decision to take violence against us.
He said the police did not take violence against gays seriously.
(Catsoulis) 'FUNNY GAMES' (R, 1 52) Michael Haneke, remaking his own 1997 German-language shocker in English, serves up punishment for moviegoers who don't take violence seriously enough.
(Dargis) 'FUNNY GAMES' (R, 1 52) Michael Haneke, remaking his own 1997 German-language shocker in English, serves up punishment for moviegoers who don't take violence seriously enough.
"But why does it always take violence and property destruction for a problem to be taken seriously?" she asked as crowds moved freely in the workday sunshine that bathed the city before the curfew's return.
"If it takes violence, then we will use violence.
"The responsibility for that lies with protesters, who took violence into their own hands.
The government says it has taken violence as seriously as anything else.
To do this, we must first start taking violence from the far right more seriously.
"It comes down to culture, and how do we inculcate a culture that really takes violence seriously and takes gun ownership seriously," Mr Shapiro says.
