From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishferocityfe‧ro‧ci‧ty /fəˈrɒsəti $ fəˈrɑː-/ noun [uncountable]VIOLENTthe state of being extremely violent and severeferocity ofDetectives were shocked by the ferocity of the attack.Examples from the Corpusferocity• Further attacks escalated rapidly in extent and ferocity.• The suddenness and ferocity of the downpour had caught all three of them by surprise.• Whatever it was they were after, it was an unknownquantity, unknown, that is, except for a lethalferocity.• What she was feeling now, however, was biting into her with relentlessferocity.• The war blazed on with renewedferocity.• the ferocity of the fighting in the formerYugoslavia• The ferocity of the piranha fish has made it famous.• The ferocity of the playing is impressive in and of itself.• Trolls are greatly feared because of their unthinking ferocity and indiscriminateappetite.