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f-uh-ROHSH-uh-s/fəˈrəʊʃəs/

Ferocious means extremely violent, intense, or severe: a ferocious attack, ferocious criticism. Fierce is everyday; savage is cruder. Heat on a slide does not fill an empty n.

Meaning

Extremely violent, intense, or severe.

Examples

• “Ferocious copy on a slide does not fill an empty n.”
• “Fierce is everyday. Savage is cruder. Heat is tone. A cell is a count. Put the number in; then keep the heat if the finding still stands.”

Good to know

Very fierce or intense. Everyday: fierce. Heat ≠ a filled n.

Near in meaning

fierce, savage, intense

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