ferocious
adjective
savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel.
ferociously
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a word derived from
ferocious.
Example Sentences
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As a former assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, McLaughlin was known for ferociously defending the Trump administration's immigration policies on US airwaves.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Financial institutions compete ferociously for deposits, and headline-grabbing promotions — with plenty of restrictions attached — are part of that competition.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
The Major League Baseball Players Association has spent decades ferociously fighting against a salary cap, viewing it only as a mechanism designed to suppress salaries without addressing competition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Chopping wood outside his character’s rustic cabin in the middle of nowhere, he drives the ax down again and again, ferociously focused on the task at hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
Though I could not fight them, I yowled so ferociously that the courtroom crowd—traitors, all of them!—hissed and scattered.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
