It was at this time, in the spring of 1940, that the war changed from its "phony" to its violent phase.

Other Islamist organizations had gone through violent phases before deciding that such actions led to a dead end.

But maybe the violent phase of it is over.

The violent phase of the movement ended after the central government sent in the army.

Maybe the fit will pass over without going into the violent phase.

He later returned with a new army, while the war had entered a tremendously violent phase.

His timing was perfect-the most violent phase of the war was just beginning.

The most violent phase of the Palestinian intifada began during the Clinton years.

A separatist insurgency began in 1964, although momentum to a more violent phase did not occur until 1978.

The political unrest went through its most violent phase between 1968 and 1994.