adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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most
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The most ferocious macho is a bisexual.
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As one of the original and most ferocious of the Cold Warriors, Nixon hardly offered an alternative to the doves.
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Striped marlin, one of the most ferocious and swiftest of hunters, often operate in groups of three or four.
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But of all the coarse assaults, by far the most ferocious came from the fundamentalists.
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It was Arab feminists who insisted on speaking aloud the oldest truths, bringing upon themselves the most ferocious repressions.
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Tapia might be the most ferocious fighter in the world.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ferocious competition has pushed computer prices down.
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a ferocious hammerhead shark
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Defence lawyers claimed that the shooting was a spontaneous reaction, ferocious , but not part of a plan.
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Gang members have committed ferocious acts of violence.
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It was one of the most ferocious attacks on prison officers I have ever seen.
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The tiger is a ferocious beast which has already killed ten villagers.
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These bears look ferocious , but attacks by them are extremely rare.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Competition is ferocious among card issuers for new accounts.
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Fascinating Gubbio is best known as the place where Saint Francis tamed a ferocious wolf.
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Given the ferocious imagination of his subconscious, it's hardly surprising that his celluloid output is laced with lethal barbed wire.
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My parents, similarly attired, were replacing the lean-to in the ferocious wind.
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The ferocious defense actually would have begun long before the actual landings.
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Their faces were ferocious and intent.