ferocity
noun/fəˈrɒsəti/
/fəˈrɑːsəti/
[uncountable, singular]- violence; aggressive behaviour
- The police were shocked by the ferocity of the attack.
- She fought back with a ferocity that matched his own.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- sheer
- with ferocity
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin ferocitas, from ferox, feroc- ‘fierce’.
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