He rubbed at the paint violently, washing it away.

This damage is cause by the horse violently rubbing itself against objects, and causes:

He stood up, rubbing both hands violently through his hair in agitation, making it stand out like a bramble bush.

I braced myself as the stud pressed his head against my shoulder and began to rub violently, soaking through my burnous to dampen bare skin.

He struck it off with a gesture of disgust, then used a handful of wet grass to rub violently at the slimy patch it had left behind.

He put his head in his hands, fingers rubbing violently through his hair.

He put his he rubbing violently through his hair.

He rubbed violently at his chest, trying to ease the irritation, and felt the small round weight of his mother's locket, taken for luck and for its garnets.

Forester rubbed away violently.

My feet are itchy and red: I wake in the night violently rubbing one foot over the other.