Distress caused by brief violent behaviour one evening (8)
I believe the answer is:
aggrieve
'distress' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'brief violent behaviour one evening' is the wordplay.
'brief' means to remove the last letter (a shorter or briefer version of the word).
'violent behaviour' becomes 'aggro' (aggression).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'evening' becomes 'eve' (synonyms).
'aggro' with its last letter taken off is 'aggr'.
'aggr'+'i'+'eve'='AGGRIEVE'
'caused by' is the link.
(Other definitions for aggrieve that I've seen before include "Cause annoyance to" , "Cause offence or injury to" , "Cause to feel sorrow" , "Cause pain to; distress" , "Trouble" .)