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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the property of being wild or turbulent;
- Example: "the storm's violence"
[syn: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ferocity \Fe*roc"i*ty\, n. [L. ferocitas, fr. ferox, -ocis,
   fierce, kin to ferus wild: cf. F. ferocit['e]. See Fierce.]
   Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of
   countenance.
   [1913 Webster]

         The pride and ferocity of a Highland chief. --Macaulay.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ferocity
    n 1: the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's
         violence" [syn: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness,
         fury, vehemence, violence, wildness]