relentlessness

noun

Definition of relentlessnessnext
1
as in severity

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2
as in inexorability

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relentlessness
  1. severity
  2. likelihood
  3. vehemence
  4. hostility
  5. virulence
  6. bile
Noun
  • Since the intelligence agencies do not usually bother to debunk such individual bits of false propaganda, the sudden flurry of public notifications indicates the severity of the threat that U.S. spies now see in the underlying Russian plot against the election.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The amount represents around 44 percent of the agency's entire two-year budget, underscoring the severity of the situation, as the commission struggles to manage the state's oil and gas industry effectively.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of severity
Noun
  • Second, Schipper said, the probable trifecta of controlling the presidency and both chambers of Congress further increases the likelihood that Trump can enact his fiscal agenda.
    Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
  • This level of detail reduces skepticism among recipients, increasing the likelihood of successful payment.
    Lars Daniel, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of likelihood
Noun
  • While Tomlin’s not about to start dropping F-bombs on the airwaves, the vehemence of his response to a momentary disruption of concentration should serve as a reminder that sideline reporters perform a largely thankless job.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The union voted by a nearly unanimous tally - 96 percent - to strike, indicating a serious failure to understand the vehemence with which the union workers expected a fulfillment of their demands.
    Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
Definition of vehemence
Noun
  • The spike in homophobia and homophobic violence has led Ivorian gay communities and human rights groups to express concerns that the hostility could endanger the country's reputation for comparative tolerance.
    Tess Foley-Cox, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, international alarm has arisen over the hostilities taking place around southern Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (NPP), which Russia captured at the start of the war.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of hostility
Noun
  • Still others are investigating viruses that attack Bd and eventually might be used to reduce its virulence.
    Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Assuming the contagiousness and virulence of Neolithic diseases increased through time, dense settlements such as Çatalhöyük may have reached a tipping point where the effects of disease outweighed the benefits of living closely together.
    R. Alexander Bentley, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of virulence
Noun
  • The body cannot break down fatty foods when bile does not function effectively.
    Jay N. Yepuri, Health, 27 Oct. 2024
  • The gallbladder stores bile, a fluid the liver makes that helps break down fat.
    Qin Rao, Verywell Health, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of bile
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