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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Ferocity

/fẽr-äs'-ət-ē/ · Fe·roc·i·ty · IPA /fəˈɹɑsɪti/
01 n. Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance.
  1. 1.
    Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance.
    “The pride and ferocity of a Highland chief.” Macaulay.