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ferociousness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ferociousness has 1 sense
- ferociousness(n = noun.attribute) brutality, savagery, viciousness - the trait of extreme cruelty; Array is a kind of cruelness, cruelty, harshness
Derived form adjective ferocious1
CIDE DICTIONARY
ferociousness, n.
the trait of extreme cruelty. [WordNet 1.5]
"It [Christianity] has adapted the ferociousness of war."
[1913 Webster]
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