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acting out     being violent and abusive (American)

mindless behaviour     Daily Telegraph speak for “mindless violence” "What [P D James] meant, she explained, was that for crime and detection to be interesting, there had to be a moral understanding first. Where this happened did not matter but mindless violence was of no interest to her. Helen Szamuely on Social Affairs Unit website (Did she mean motiveless violence?)

sometimes turbulent marriage   serial infidelity, screaming rows, fistfights

temperamental   violent

tempestuous, stormy (relationship)   raised voices and possibly violence

tumultuous history    violent
 
turbulent   violent

volatile   violent

unsuitable boyfriend    he beats you up