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adj - Marked by grim, pugnacious, or wild hostility.

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Usage examples (37)
  • Adjective, : fierce animals; a fierce look. ,fierce winds. ,fierce competition. ,a fierce cold
  • The fiercest was his long residence as a sort of royal prisoner in Scotland.
  • Redesdale were known as the fiercest and most lawless in all that wild district.
  • Bujumbura, described as the fiercest since the outbreak of the decade-long civil war.
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