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as in shrew
a bad-tempered scolding woman
tradition has it that Socrates' wife was such a fury that the philosopher's death sentence by the authorities was not an entirely unwelcome fate
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as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
the sudden appearance of the rock star whipped the crowd of onlookers into a fury of excitement
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as in anger
an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something
in his fury, the duped gambler overturned the card table and declared that the game had been fixed
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Recent Examples of fury
The anticlimactic conclusion and the administration's refusal to release further files sparked fury from parts of Trump's base, especially activists and influencers who had built expectations around broader revelations.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
Despite that warning, an investigation by The Los Angeles Times found the city’s fire department opted to not deploy in advance about 1,000 personnel and fire engines to respond to any potential fires that might be sparked by the fury of wind that began descending on the area.
—Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
For centuries, glaciers have sat like frosty crowns atop slumbering volcanoes, keeping Earth’s fury tucked safely beneath layers of ice.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 11 July 2025
Chayefsky’s script is fire-breathing — dense, literate, pulsing with fury — and the performances rise to meet it.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
Despite that warning, an investigation by The Los Angeles Times found the city’s fire department opted to not deploy in advance about 1,000 personnel and fire engines to respond to any potential fires that might be sparked by the fury of wind that began descending on the area.
—Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
For centuries, glaciers have sat like frosty crowns atop slumbering volcanoes, keeping Earth’s fury tucked safely beneath layers of ice.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 11 July 2025
Chayefsky’s script is fire-breathing — dense, literate, pulsing with fury — and the performances rise to meet it.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fury
Noun
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And the team has since published the complete genomic coding sequences for the new virus – Gainesville shrew mammalian orthoreovirus type 3 strain UF-1.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 July 2025
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For the study, researchers looked at 1,376 vertebrate species known to eat some amount of carrion, ranging from tiger sharks and spotted hyenas to cane toads and common shrews.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Both the New Heights podcast and Taylor Nation hinted at the announcement with cryptic social media posts on Monday morning, sending fans into an investigative frenzy.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
12 Aug. 2025
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The announcement, her 12th studio record and first since The Tortured Poets Department, was classic Swift, dramatic, meticulously timed, and guaranteed to send her global fan base into a buying frenzy.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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For those on the fringes of the fan protest, maintaining the anger to rally against those in charge probably becomes harder in those circumstances.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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This disclosure has sparked further anger from Trump supporters and victims' advocates, who believe the administration is withholding key details.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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That was a distraction from the perpetual confusion in that first year of Covid, which in itself was a distraction from much of Trump’s rampage through Washington.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
11 Aug. 2025
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The stabbing rampage that took place Saturday, July 26, left 11 people injured before onlookers, one of them apparently armed with a handgun, subdued the suspect in the parking lot outside the store just before police arrived, police said.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
29 July 2025
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At the heart of Nugent’s indignation was the 2021 sting operation that entangled him and three other landowners in a legal battle with the DNR.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
30 July 2025
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That indignation, those headlines, the praise for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s bravery and leadership cooling dramatically since those early days–in Europe and America.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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The Rainmaker is a taut thriller driven by relentless cynicism toward the state of the legal profession and simmering rage at the state of the health insurance industry.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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As protests rage at home, Iran's theocratic government is increasingly flexing its military muscle abroad.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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The episode also teases Cartman’s wrath at Bebe, another student at South Park Elementary.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
29 July 2025
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Countries that didn’t knuckle under — and those that found other ways to incur Trump’s wrath — got hit harder.—
Paul Wiseman,
Fortune,
3 Aug. 2025
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France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States were among countries to express outrage, and Israel's foreign ministry announced that the U.N. Security Council will hold a special session Aug. 5 on the hostages in Gaza.—
Nidal al-Mughrabi,
USA Today,
4 Aug. 2025
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This, and the revisions to May and June's data—which the agency said resulted from subsequent reports from businesses and government agencies—prompted outrage from the president.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Fury.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fury. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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