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as in frantic
marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity
everyone worked at a furious pace in order to get the float ready for the parade
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as in intense
extreme in degree, power, or effect
a furious hurricane virtually destroyed the seaside town
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as in angry
feeling or showing anger
a furious customer demanding to see the manager
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as in violent
marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity
rioters went on a furious rampage, doing over $2,000,000 in damage
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Recent Examples of furious
Dylan’s electric Newport set falls into the latter camp, as Mangold chose to cut in closeups of furious concertgoers enraged by the ruckus.
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
The enjoyably pulpy premise is matched by appropriately furious on-screen violence: grab enemies’ weapons (knives, rifles, shotguns, etc), use them until they’re spent, and then fling them at nearby targets for one final flourish of damage.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
As Lamar raps in furious counterpoint with a sizzling Tupac sample, the music telegraphs big drama ahead.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2024
Bitcoin’s furious postelection rally continued, topping the $98,000 level for the first time.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
The enjoyably pulpy premise is matched by appropriately furious on-screen violence: grab enemies’ weapons (knives, rifles, shotguns, etc), use them until they’re spent, and then fling them at nearby targets for one final flourish of damage.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
As Lamar raps in furious counterpoint with a sizzling Tupac sample, the music telegraphs big drama ahead.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2024
Bitcoin’s furious postelection rally continued, topping the $98,000 level for the first time.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furious
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This year's garment celebrates the hectic holiday season with a frantic, detachable cheeseburger.Fielding Buck, Orange County Register, 13 Dec. 2024
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The big win of the night was for Sandro Botticelli’s 15th-century painting The Virgin and Child Enthroned, which sold after a frantic ten-minute bidding war between nine parties.George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Media coverage of Walker’s messy private life has been intense.Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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Debate is now intense both within the government and in the public sphere about whether the country should escalate work on its controversial nuclear program.Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
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Watching his massive bank of video screens with the angry mob clashing with the Raiders, there seems to be more than a hint of veracity to that intriguing statement.Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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When customers are angry, representatives by nature are likely to get defensive.Tomas Gorny, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Prosecutors also said that some of the violent pornography Heuermann owned included methods consistent with the injuries to Mack's body and how she was bound with ropes.Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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After a violent campaign in which Buddhists killed a number of priests and destroyed churches, in 1909, locals built the church that Galipeau visited in Cizhong.Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 17 Dec. 2024
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Nicole has got this mad playfulness as a performer.Marley Marius, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
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The first-year director of sports performance is a culture-setting strength coach, mad sports scientist and vocal advocate for her athletes.Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Despite intensive outreach, many continued to rebuff offers of a shelter bed and services.Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
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These agencies represent just the tip of the iceberg, and DOGE should require intensive across-the-board legacy IT audits.Stuart N. Brotman, Boston Herald, 26 Dec. 2024
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The carnage is truly next-level, including one infamous scene in which Joey wades through a literal pool of bloody, rotting dead bodies—all victims of Abigail's ferocious killer instincts.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
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With the centrality of Ellen comes the centrality of her ailment: the film makes frequent and flashy displays of her body-racking fits, which Depp invests with ferocious, wrenching physicality.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Her co-star and director Justin Baldoni, the outspoken actor highly regarded as one of the industry's fiercest defenders of women.Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
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Enticing notes of lemon confit, citrus blossom and a saline minerality make one yearn for the sea with subtle flavors of nectarine and chamomile tea on the palate with a fierce mineral finish and mouthwatering acidity that is impressive.Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Furious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furious. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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