ferocious
Example Sentences
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Price competition can be ferocious: Plans are displayed side-by-side online, and consumers routinely switch carriers to save a few dollars.
The All Blacks' attack was ferocious, Wales unable to get out of their half.
From Barron's
"But that has unleashed a ferocious counteroffensive from a franchise industry determined to protect its business model and confine the threat to California."
From Salon
The old songs, in supercharged arrangements, are delivered with a ferocious energy; there is a weight to his voice, which he pushes at times toward distortion.
From Los Angeles Times
A summer of ferocious weather across much of the U.S. has now yielded the nation’s deadliest wildfire in more than a century.
From New York Times
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