Ferocious
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(a.) Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion.
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Christ Crucified.
... creatures surrounded his palace and met every expostulation against the injustice
of murdering Jesus with hoarse remonstrances, loud cries and ferocious threats ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/christ crucified.htm

State of Affairs in 311
... Lact.9; Vict. Epit. p.49), and sanguinary and ferocious to an extraordinary
degree (Lact. c.9.21, 22, &c.). Licinius, characterized ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/section 3 state of affairs.htm

Of the Wisdom of Moses, which was an Object of Imitation to the ...
... thus condemned, was consigned to the lions' den (not indeed to suffer death, but
to win unfading glory); and though surrounded by these ferocious beasts of prey ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xvii of the wisdom of.htm

The Invasion of Scythia.
... which called forth their energies was the suppression of a rebellion within their
dominions, and the second, an expedition against some ferocious and half ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/abbott/darius the great/chapter viii the invasion of.htm

The General Service of the Holy Fathers, in Remembrance of ...
... all the universe were gathered together in the bright city of Nicea, for they have
in pious wisdom overthrown the godless teaching of the ferocious Arius and ...
/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter v1 the general service.htm

The Seven Trumpets.
... "The barbarian auxiliaries erected their independent standard; and boldly avowed
hostile designs, which they had long cherished in their ferocious minds. ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the seven trumpets.htm

Love and Remorse
... to him through Samuel, to 'smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have,
and spare them not,' We shudder at such ferocious extermination, but we are to ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/love and remorse.htm

Introductory Notice to Alexander, Bishop of Alexandria.
... the period. Diocletian is preparing to let loose upon the sheep of Christ
the ferocious wolves of the tenth persecution. Lucian ...
/.../introductory notice to alexander bishop.htm

Talmage -- a Bloody Monster
... dipt their brother's coat in goat's blood, and then brought the dabbled garment
to their father, cheating him with the idea that a ferocious animal had slain ...
/.../kleiser/the worlds great sermons volume 8/talmage a bloody monster.htm

The Mother of Xerxes.
... his neighbors' territories, and after gratifying his love of adventure with various
romantic exploits, and gaining great renown by his ferocious impetuosity in ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/xerxes/chapter i the mother of.htm

Thesaurus
Ferocious (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; as, ferocious
look or features; a ferocious lion. ...Ferocious (4 Occurrences). ...
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Ferret (1 Occurrence)

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Fermented (23 Occurrences)

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Kid (42 Occurrences)
... outraging the order of nature." A kid cooked in its mother's milk is "a gross,
unwholesome dish, and calculated to kindle animal and ferocious passions, and on ...
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Wild (147 Occurrences)
... land. 4. (superl.) Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious;
rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America. 5. (superl ...
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Fierce (92 Occurrences)
... wind. 2. (superl.) Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or
injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious. 3. (superl ...
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Dragon (20 Occurrences)
... animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested
head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. ...
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Barbarous (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (a.) Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste. 3. (a.) Cruel; ferocious; inhuman;
merciless. 4. (a.) Contrary to the pure idioms of a language. Int. ...
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Brute (4 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal;
cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence. ...
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Chafe (1 Occurrence)
... chaf (mar, "bitter"; hence, bitter of soul, deadly, destructive, ferocious, "as
a bear robbed of her whelps"): Occurs only in 2 Samuel 17:8; used by Hushai to ...
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Ferocious (4 Occurrences)

Matthew 7:15
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
(See NIV)

Genesis 37:20
Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say,'An evil animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams."
(See NIV)

Genesis 37:33
He recognized it, and said, "It is my son's coat. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces."
(See NIV)

Isaiah 35:9
No lion will be there, or any cruel beast; they will not be seen there; but those for whom the Lord has given a price,
(See NIV)

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Ferocious

Related Terms

Ferret (1 Occurrence)

Fermented (23 Occurrences)

Kid (42 Occurrences)

Wild (147 Occurrences)

Fierce (92 Occurrences)

Dragon (20 Occurrences)

Barbarous (1 Occurrence)

Brute (4 Occurrences)

Chafe (1 Occurrence)

Savage (3 Occurrences)

Bear (425 Occurrences)

Assyria (124 Occurrences)

Jordan (188 Occurrences)

Pontius (4 Occurrences)

Pilate (60 Occurrences)

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