Definition of "violence-ridden" []

• Dominated or plagued by violence. (adjective)

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• "This intense film on the making of a TV soap opera in post-election violence-ridden Kenya discovers a utopia of sorts within the enthusiasm and well-expressed ideals of Nairobi's youth."
• "The king revived a reform process this year hoping to sap momentum from a protest movement and avoid the violence-ridden revolts in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen and Syria."
• "Also Sunday, Mexican federal police announced the arrest of an alleged leading member of a drug gang blamed in recent killings and a car-bombing in the violence-ridden border city of Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas."