他们在用暴力取代对话。用英语怎么说？

他们在用暴力取代对话。

They were substituting violence for dialogue...

they

pron. 他/她/它们，人们，大家，政府，当局，她们；

例句
The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；

例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。

substituting

n. 取代；v. 代替，替换，代用( substitute的现在分词 )，做…的代理人，接替；

例句
They were substituting violence for dialogue...
他们在用暴力取代对话。

violence

n. 暴力，强暴，暴虐，猛烈，激烈，歪曲（事实），曲解（意义），冒渎，不敬；

例句
He was a man who abhorred violence and was deeply committed to reconciliation...
他是一个憎恶采用暴力而坚决主张和解的人。

for

prep. 为，为了，倾向于，关于，当作；conj. 因为，由于；

例句
I've come looking for a bit of advice.
我特来讨教。

dialogue

n. 对话，（文学、戏剧、电影等中的）对话，对白，意见分歧者之间的意见交换；vt. 用对话表达；vi. 对话，进行非正式的意见交换；

例句
The discussions were the beginnings of a dialogue with Moscow.
讨论拉开了同莫斯科对话的序幕。