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as in extreme
being very far from the center of public opinion
soccer fans whose rabid enthusiasm makes them go berserk when their team wins
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as in angry
feeling or showing anger
he became rabid when the bank manager told him he would lose the family farm if he didn't pay the mortgage
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as in ferocious
marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity
rabid opposition expressed through turbulent protests
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as in frantic
marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity
the rabid witch hunts that occurred in Salem in 1692, when 150 people were accused of witchcraft and imprisoned
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Recent Examples of rabid
But then a summer came and went, with rabid fans left waiting (due to the writers' and actors' guild strikes) to see which Fisher brother, if any, Belly chooses in the end of the onscreen adaptation.
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EW.com, 20 May 2025
Lawrence often has this frisky, rabid grin that’s irresistible to watch but also scary.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
Read Next California Visitors possibly exposed to rabid bat at world-famous CA zoo, officials warn
May 11, 2025 9:04 AM
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Beaver named Cauliflower escapes NY zoo and is killed by car.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2025
County public health officials asked anyone who may have come into contact with a rabid bat at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park earlier this week to contact them.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
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EW.com, 20 May 2025
Lawrence often has this frisky, rabid grin that’s irresistible to watch but also scary.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
Read Next California Visitors possibly exposed to rabid bat at world-famous CA zoo, officials warn
May 11, 2025 9:04 AM
Read Next
National
Beaver named Cauliflower escapes NY zoo and is killed by car.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2025
County public health officials asked anyone who may have come into contact with a rabid bat at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park earlier this week to contact them.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabid
Adjective
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Add in Ride's natural tendency to extreme privacy and the tension was inevitable.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
17 June 2025
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Greenberg's resignation further hobbles the agency, as the U.S. enters its busiest season for extreme weather disasters including hurricanes, floods and wildfires.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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But Democrats are angry and want leaders who are generally younger and uniformly more willing to take on President Donald Trump.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
13 June 2025
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When conducting immigration raids, federal agents from the D.H.S., including Border Patrol, and from the F.B.I. often do interact with crowds of angry community members.—
Bora Erden,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
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The game needed overtime — the third game that went beyond regulation in the first four contests of the series — because Edmonton mounted a ferocious comeback after falling into a three-goal first period deficit.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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He’s been on a like-a-hurricane live roll lately with his ferocious new band the Chrome Hearts, who make their studio debut on Talkin to the Trees.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
13 June 2025
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And when Paul manages to elude his overseers and explore the surrounding area — spurring a frantic search, the menacing tenor of which raises Lise’s hackles — the movie effectively becomes a prison drama, with the trio’s eventual interviewee depicted as a shadowy warden who can decide their fate.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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When Nemo strays away from his reef and gets lost in the big open ocean, his frantic father teams up with the ever-forgetful Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) to find him.—
Meg Walters,
EW.com,
19 June 2025
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The festivities end on June 22 with KC Defender’s Juneteenth Freedom Day Cookout, which will celebrate the history of radical Black resistance.—
Zuri Primos,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2025
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Sly also made sure fashion and aesthetic choices played a role with the group as a whole: Sly & the Family Stone was a band composed of men and women who were Black and white, who had the freedom to dress themselves for the stage, all of which were radical at the time.—
Hillary Crosley Coker,
Rolling Stone,
11 June 2025
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Swart said another giveaway is the hotel accommodations that are arranged for violent rioters.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2025
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The appellate panel found Trump likely satisfied the legal threshold under Section 10 of the U.S. Code, and sided with the administration’s argument that local law enforcement had failed to contain violent attacks on federal agents and property.—
Daniel Hunt,
Sacbee.com,
20 June 2025
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But the Thunder weathered the Pacers’ furious comeback bid on Monday, with Jalen Williams scoring 11 of his game-high 40 points in the fourth.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2025
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Georgia’s roommate Cooper (perhaps a production plant) then goes and tells Ava, who’s furious and, in turn, tells Riley.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
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Amid the broader sociopolitical tensions and rising revolutionary fervor, the Group synthesized the concerns of a vast swathe of artists by interpreting the abstraction of Western modernism through aesthetics drawn from Islamic and Mesopotamian cultures into various styles.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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What was so revolutionary about the coverage happening at the time?—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2025
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“Rabid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabid. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.
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