ferocious
adjective
fe·ro·cious
fə-ˈrō-shəs 
1
: exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
a ferocious predator
the ferocious butchery of women and children
2
: extremely intense
ferocious heat
The competition among the students was ferocious.
ferociously
adverb
ferociousness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of ferocious in a Sentence
A ferocious wind swept the beach.
The competition among the students was ferocious.
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Images from Taiwan’s official Central News Agency and social media showed ferocious waves slamming into the coast of Taitung county, while parts of neighboring Hualien county were submerged in floodwaters.
—Eric Cheung, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Newspeak, in 1984, destroys with the same ferocious efficiency that tanks and bombs do.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
The ferocious storm could land a once-in-a-century direct hit on Tampa and St. Petersburg, engulfing the populous region with towering storm surges and turning debris from Helene's devastation into projectiles.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 9 Oct. 2024
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ferocious
adjective
fe·ro·cious
fə-ˈrō-shəs
1
2
: very great : extreme
ferocious heat
ferociously
adverb
ferociousness
noun
ferocity
noun
fə-ˈräs-ət-ē
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