The latter have no agreed-on definition — the term was popularized in a BBC documentary in 2000 — but some scientists use it to describe explosions of exceptional violence and volume.
Simply put: the bedrock of Sanders's campaign is moot and his negligence in addressing American gun violence speaks volumes about the voters he values.
That we feel entitled (and excited) to access gut-wrenching images of a woman being abused – to be entranced by the looks of domestic violence – speaks volumes not only about the man who battered her, but also about we who gaze in parasitic rapture.
The contemplative mode — less volume, violence, and velocity — continued in "Spatial Rift," a fascinating study in shifting perspective.
Palestinian violence outnumbers in volume and extent any Israeli violence that has taken place".
The volume of violence in and around Gaza has significantly decreased in the weeks since, but neither side has let down its guard.
Working for Gordon Brown, a man of Victorian sensibilities and a volatile temper, the second call was invariably greeted with the single word "What?!" repeated with increasing volume and violence as I recounted the misdeed of which he had been accused.
Now, in Spiegel (Mirror), the Belgian choreographer takes a retrospective look at his work, confronting himself with the violence, wreckage and sheer volume of physical energy he has unleashed on stage.
It's a short-lived sensation: the second track, Sir William Wray, has a needling riff and aggressive drums and Mark E Smith growling variations on the title, the volume and violence escalating until the chanted backing vocals sound like incitements to a riot.
Note that while the volume and violence data are scaled to allow multiple data sets to be graphed on each plot, the scale for entropy is consistent across plots to enable cross-event comparison.
