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ferocious

/fəˈɹəʊʃəs/adjective

Showing extreme, violent force or intensity.

Example sentences

  • “The two teams fought a ferocious battle for first place.”
  • “The dog gave a ferocious bark when the mail carrier arrived.”

Extends naturally beyond animals: ferocious competition, a ferocious appetite, ferocious heat. In each case it adds violence to plain intensity.

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ferryTo carry people or goods back and forth across a river, strait, or other stretch of water by boat.fernA flowerless plant with feathery leaves that reproduces by releasing spores instead of seeds.fertileRich enough, as soil or land, to produce plentiful crops or plants.fencingThe sport of fighting with slender swords under formal rules, descended from historical European dueling.ferventFeeling or showing strong, sincere passion.fenceA barrier of wood, wire, or metal built to enclose an area or mark the boundary between two pieces of land.