fierce
adjective/fɪrs/
Frequency rank: #4,659 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
very strong, violent, or intense in nature or degree.
Example sentence
The competition between the two schools was fierce and kept everyone on the edge of their seats.
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