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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. So intense as to cause extreme suffering: cruel, ferocious, savage, vicious. See HELP, KIND. 2. Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint: barbarous, bestial, cruel, fell2, feral, ferocious, inhuman, savage, truculent, vicious, wolfish. See KIND. 3. Intensely sustained, especially in activity: concentrated, heavy, heightened, intense, intensive. See STRONG. 4. Intensely violent in sustained velocity: furious, heavy, high, strong. See STRONG. 5. Extreme in degree, strength, or effect: desperate, furious, intense, terrible, vehement, violent. See BIG, STRONG.
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