fierce

Definition for fierce

adjective as in violent, menacing

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angry, bold, brutal, cutthroat, dangerous, ferocious, fiery, furious, intense, murderous, passionate, powerful, raging, relentless, savage, stormy, strong, terrible, vehement, vicious

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animal, ape, awful, barbarous, bloodthirsty, blustery, boisterous, brutish, cruel, enraged, fell, feral, flipped, frightening, horrible, howling, impetuous, infuriated, malevolent, malign, primitive, raving, tempestuous, threatening, tigerish, truculent, tumultuous, uncontrollable, untamed, venomous, wild

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Spain has in recent years endured longer and more intense summer heatwaves, while fiercer autumn storms have drenched the country with torrential rain -- extreme weather events that scientists attribute to human-driven climate change.

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The bloc is expected to announced relief measures for the region's auto sector, also hit hard by high costs and fierce Chinese competition, next month.

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There appears to be a fierce debate over whether persistently above-target inflation or a weak labor market is the greater risk to economy—and about how the Fed should respond.

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The bill set in motion a fierce period of competition and market consolidation.

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