At one time he had disliked death and violence and sought to evade it.
But it is a good idea to provide some context for your rule, for example, by saying that war toys are violent and that you dislike violence.
Stirk professes to dislike both light and violence (despite his many murders), and operates almost exclusively at night.
They learned during their research on mathematicians that, in real-life, most mathematicians dislike violence.
Thian was startled to hear his own phrase repeated, though the thought would have occurred to more than one person who disliked unnecessary violence.
Indeed, I dislike violence.
The first officer disliked violence, but he was familiar with many of its early markers.
He was descended from a long line of proud people, who disliked violence and used it only as a last resort.
Equally, I often dislike violence in books and films, such as Pulp Fiction, but only when fantasy touches reality should criminal law be introduced.
He knows I dislike violence.