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Meanings of fierceness in English

Portuguese
violência
Catalan
fúria
Spanish
violencia

The property of being wild or turbulent.

      violência
      Usage of fierceness in English
      1
      Finance measures lost their interest in the fierceness of the political combat.
      Beacon Lights of History, Volume 10: European Leaders
      2
      The heavy scowl smoothed away but the fierceness lingered in his eyes.
      The Sheik: A Novel
      3
      There was the same hatred, the same demoniac fierceness in it now.
      The Danger Trail
      4
      Then even the gods were terrified at the fierceness of the conflict.
      National Epics
      5
      I am fierceness, and the mountain wind; clean pasture, and wild rest.
      The Little Dream: An Allegory in Six Scenes
      6
      A wild responding shout, terrible in its fierceness, made the air quiver.
      Ten Nights in a Bar Room
      7
      The men glared at each other with the instinctive fierceness of panthers.
      'Way Down East / A Romance of New England Life
      8
      She is proud as a Touareg and there is fierceness in her.
      The Garden of Allah
      9
      Sometimes, she knew, a reputation for fierceness made things so much easier.
      Orb Sceptre Throne
      10
      There was a fierceness in his manner which was new to her.
      The Broken Road
      11
      His words stabbed at her with the fierceness of a sharp knife.
      Strong, sleek and sinful
      12
      For him the wind had evidently no fierceness, the wet no chill.
      The Mill Mystery
      13
      It was so much added fuel to the flame of his fierceness.
      The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
      14
      At no time did the persecution of Nonconformists rage with greater fierceness.
      The Life of John Bunyan
      15
      She turned to Sandy, and the fierceness went out of her face.
      Greenmantle
      16
      Egg commanded, and was surprised by the fierceness of her own voice.
      O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
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      Portuguese
      violência
      Fierceness through the time
      Fierceness across language varieties
      United Kingdom
      Common
      United States of America
      Less common