fierce
adjective
menacingly wild, savage, or hostile.
fiercest
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superlativeof fierce.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Of course, the prospect of selling Alvarez to their fiercest rivals was viewed as a non-starter by Atletico.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Bill Ackman, the hedge fund billionaire who has long been one of Mamdani’s fiercest critics, spent $260 million this summer for new buildings to house a brain research center on Manhattan’s west side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Australians who faced a "Black Summer" blaze that scorched millions of hectares say they may have lessons for European countries hit by some of the fiercest fires in living memory.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Tejon in 1854 mainly to monitor and subdue Native Americans, but before it closed, in 1864, it survived the fiercest recorded earthquake in California history, magnitude 7.9 on Jan. 9, 1857.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
They had inhuman strength, hardly wavering under the fiercest attacks.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
