The area where the most violent tornadoes usually happen is known as "Tornado Alley."

VOA: special.2010.05.11

U.S.officials describe La Familia as the newest and most violent of Mexico's five major cartels.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Janice Abbott is Atira's director. She says most of the women she works with come from violent and sexually abusive relationships.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

"The Iraqi people have withstood challenges of the most vicious and violent sort from those who would have torn their society apart, and Iraqis from everywhere have made tremendous sacrifices.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

"We are in Afghanistan to confront a common enemy that threatens the United States, our friends and allies, and the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan who have suffered the most at the hands of violent extremists,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.27