Definition of "ferocious" []

• Extremely savage; fierce. See Synonyms at cruel. (adjective)
• Marked by unrelenting intensity; extreme: ferocious heat. (adjective)

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• "The point of this item is to celebrate the wit and glorious non-wisdom of Brittany S. Pearce, played by Heather Morris with a killer deadpan that this week exploded in ferocious dance and song."
• "So ferocious is the antidote to the Labour - lite problem it will leave much of their own Party behind."
• "Her own brother Theo despised cats, the Major complained when Sidhi dug in his flower beds, Duncan treated him with polite indifference, Felicity pronounced him unsanitary, and Meg lived in a bed-sit in Kilburn with a landlady she described as ferocious—no good prospects there."