Definition of "ferocity" []

• The state or quality of being ferocious; fierceness. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Anyone notice the increase in ferocity of these things this year?"
• "And ferocity is required of Ree, since she is the only one who can keep disaster from her family's door."
• "With dunks exceeded in ferocity only by the altitude of their apex, Wright lifted Dayton to heights not seen on its Ohio campus in nearly 20 years."