noun
- Exceptionally great concentration, power, or force, especially in activity: depth (often used in plural), ferociousness, ferocity, fury, intensity, pitch, severity, vehemence, vehemency, violence. See big/small/amount, strong/weak.
fierceness
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IN BRIEF: The quality of being wild or cruel.
The bears demonstrated such fierceness that there was no way to rehabilitate them.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
the property of being wild or turbulent
Synonyms: ferocity, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness
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