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ferocity

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"Fierceness"

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8 lettersPronunciation /fəˈɹɑsɪti/Part of speech nounSorted cefiortyStarts with FEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the property of being wild or turbulent

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French férocité, from Latin ferocitas, from ferox (“fierce”), from ferus (“wild, savage, fierce”).

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonyms: fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence
  • Nearly a year later, in the month of October, 18—, London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity and rendered all the more notable by the high position of the victim.

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