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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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The former teacher is also charged with taking indecent photographs of a child, distributing indecent photographs of a child, possessing indecent pseudo images of a child and possession of an extreme pornographic image, the office said.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
17 June 2025
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Without Flagg, asking angry fans for more money may have sent Welts back into another round of retirement.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2025
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Mamdani’s victory fits the emerging pattern of angry and fed-up voters from across the spectrum, as some notable anti-establishment populists have swept to victory in the US and across the globe on both the left and the right.—
Time,
Time,
26 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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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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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 administration’s radical and peremptory elimination of U.S. foreign assistance removed a lever of American influence and telegraphed a level of indifference that will not go unnoticed.—
KORI SCHAKE,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Anyone who reads history knows the only reason any workers anywhere have any sort of rights is because past workers formed unions, and radical, militant ones at that.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
24 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 30 Jun. 2025.
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