ferociousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ferociousness
Noun
  • But their ferocity on the battlefield eventually earned them the name Hellfighters.
    Alana Wise, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The hills surrounding Verdun were literally reduced in height from the ferocity of the artillery barrages leveled against their slopes.
    Michael Jerome Plunkett September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The symbolic fierceness was backed up by AVG pilots in combat.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Survivors describe ethnic cleansing of almost unimaginable savagery.
    Nicholas Kristof, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This, too, is where savagery lurks—in tedious, monotonous tasks.
    Seema Jilani August 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Such rhetoric has fostered a climate where cruelty is normalized.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
  • His anguished mother insisted on an open-casket ceremony to show the world the gruesome cruelty of lynching.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Ferociousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferociousness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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