Answer:
1a : the use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy. b : an instance of violent treatment or procedure. 2 : injury by or as if by distortion, infringement, or profanation : outrage. 3a : intense, turbulent, or furious and often destructive action or force the violence of the storm.
Explanation:
A metaphor and a simile both describe something using a comparison to something else, but a metaphor does it an implied way, and a simile does it explicitly by using the word like or as.
Example of a simile: She looked like a cat that had just been thrown in the water.
Example of a metaphor: She was a blank slate, ready to start anew.
The following line provides evidence that enslaved persons were treated violently: My master sent me away, because there existed against me a very great prejudice in the community, and he feared I might be killed.
This line not only claims that slaves were treated violently but it also states that there was also the possibility of being killed, something which is an extreme point of violence.
A: to leave her alone and let heaeven and her consiscience deal with it