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1
extreme in degree, power, or effect
- the ferocious appetite that athletic teenagers have been known to display
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2
marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity
- ferocious forest fires threatened to destroy hundreds of homes in the scrubland
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3
violently unfriendly or aggressive in disposition
- the animal is known as a ferocious predator
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marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity
- after a day of ferocious up-and-down trading, the stock market ended up down 300 points
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The first known use of ferocious was in 1646
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