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ferocity Definition

fe·roc·ity (fə räs′ə tē)

noun pl. -·ties

the state or quality of being ferocious

Etymology: Fr ferocité < L ferocitas

ferocity Synonyms

ferocity

n.

fierceness, brutality, barbarity, savagery; see cruelty.

ferocity Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • attack: Even walled cities fell under the ferocity of the attacks.
  • storm: No-one was prepared for the ferocity of this storm.
  • conflict: This pattern is all the more curious when we take into account the ferocity of the conflict between the two main paramilitary groupings.
  • fire: The ferocity of the fire had soldered the remains to the vehicle.
  • force: Indeed, the lack of credibility of current government policy is partly due to the ferocity of the deflationary forces now operating.
  • fighting: That determines the ferocity of the fighting and the lengths to which your pilots and gunners will go to drive off the Germans.

Converse of subject

  • outpace: The Cheetahs certainly provided stiff opposition, but were eventually outgunned and outpaced by the ferocity of Swindon's top order.
  • shock: We were all a shocked by the ferocity of the unseasonal deluge and the damage wrought on fields and crops.
  • take: You might also be taken aback by the ferocity of someone's reaction.

Converse of object

  • match: FUNHOUSE rarely, if ever, matches the ferocity of his earlier classic THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE ( 1974 ).
  • increase: Attacks are occurring more frequently and with increasing ferocity.
  • have: Old songs Room, Fly and Whispers have a new ferocity and groove while new ones ( so new they dont have names!
  • capture: Overall, the CD successfully captures the ferocity and passion of The Musicians Of The Nile.

Adjective modifier

  • sheer: But for sheer ferocity and lust of blood, perhaps no creature on earth can equal that uncanny brute, the common garden spider.
  • such: When someone insists on such a point with such ferocity, you have to ask - why?
  • great: They would have fallen on their prey with great ferocity had it not been for Valarien's spell.
  • same: How do we persuade the whole world to buy Windows 05 with the same ferocity that it once bought Windows 95?
  • full: That barrage had yet to unfold in its full ferocity.
  • terrifying: Has Mars ever resounded with more terrifying ferocity since?