What does ferocious mean?

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Adjective
  1. Marked by extreme and violent energy.
  2. Extreme or intense.
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Threats of a ferocious US-led assault on Afghanistan forced relief agencies to pull out.
One reason for her wariness is the reaction to her book, which has been ferocious, especially from fellow women journalists.
Goodwin's stand-down came in the wake of an even more ferocious academic scandal.
With their genre hopping style, The Offcuts are a unique live prospect, with many surprised by their sudden, ferocious appearance on stage.
Whole neighborhoods and districts were leveled in ferocious street fighting with tanks, rockets, and artillery.
They are known as ferocious predators that aggressively attack anything that looks like lunch, and this one proved it.

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