Public violence compels especially women and the old to retreat into private laager because they find everything around them threatening.

公开的暴力行为尤其迫使妇女和老人退到一个隐蔽的私人的安全地带，因为他们觉得周围的一切都对他们有威胁。

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On no account can we do violence to public facilities.

我们绝对不可以破坏公共设施。

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The public is becoming sickened by these images of violence and death.

公众看到这些充满暴力和死亡的画面大为震惊。

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The split led to violence and public opposition to the Mormons.

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Correspondents say this is the worst public violence for a decade in Tehran.

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The state department said its decision had been taken in view of the MEK's public renunciation of violence, the absence of any confirmed acts of terrorism by the organisation for more than a decade and its co-operation in the closure of their paramilitary base in Iraq.

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