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Noun
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And on the basketball court? Count on the muscular 6-4, 195-pound senior forward to bring the juice and dunk with ferocity for the Foxes, according to freshman guard Braydon Porter.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025 -
And in this painting, the marbled feel of the satellites lends a kind of molten ferocity—this was a race, after all.—
Grace Edquist,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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First of all, of course, the savagery of the crime.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
26 Nov. 2024
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When the cop asks why the yakuza would do that, Suzie points to their general savagery.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
7 Aug. 2024
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Kyle Vigneault, 27, faces charges of first-degree manslaughter, risk of injury to a child and cruelty to persons, according to the Norwalk Police Department.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2025
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Season 2 Has Answers The Genius of Severance's Grand Central Pop-Up Ben Stiller on Severance's Creator Dan Erickson The thing that ends up giving Helena away is her cruelty.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Ferociousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferociousness. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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