ferocity

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/fəˈɹɑsɪti/

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/fəˈɹɑsɪti/ · /fəˈɹɒsɪti/

Definition of ferocity

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noun

(countable, uncountable)The condition of being ferocious.

“Near-synonyms: fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence”
“Nearly a year later, in the month of October, 18—, London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity and rendered all the more notable by the high position of the victim.”

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Borrowed from Middle French férocité, from Latin ferocitas, from ferox (“fierce”), from ferus (“wild, savage, fierce”).

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