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2 definitions found 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['e]. See {Fierce}.] Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as ferocity of countenance. The pride and ferocity of a Highland chief. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ferocity n : the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence" [syn: {fierceness}, {furiousness}, {fury}, {vehemence}, {violence}, {wildness}]
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