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English Dictionary: ferocity by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ferocity
n
  1. the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence"
    Synonym(s): ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ferocity \Fe*roc"i*ty\, n. [L. ferocitas, fr. ferox, -ocis,
      fierce, kin to ferus wild: cf. F. ferocit[82]. See {Fierce}.]
      Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of
      countenance.
  
               The pride and ferocity of a Highland chief. --Macaulay.
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