ferociousness

noun

Definition of ferociousnessnext
as in ferocity

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  1. ferocity
  2. savagery
  3. cruelty
Noun
  • The potent image-making and performative ferocity turns what could have been a crime thriller into a near-metaphysical showdown.
    Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The storm’s ferocity left about 40 ships sunk or stranded and it's estimated more than 275 lives were lost.
    Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of ferocity
Noun
  • Hamas’s savagery was backed by an aggressive Iran that is supported by the authoritarian axis; as such, October 7 was a direct assault on the free world.
    Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
  • The point of all that money, like of the attack on Porter, has been to draw attention to Silicon Valley’s financial might—and to prove that its leaders are capable of political savagery in order to protect their interests.
    Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Definition of savagery
Noun
  • By separating the cruelty from the constructive, a company can turn criticism into a catalyst for meaningful growth.
    Molly McPherson, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Gibbons was booked into jail on two counts of animal cruelty and one count of killing livestock, NCSO said.
    Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of cruelty
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