"Fierce" is a word in ENGLISH
Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent.
Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill
or injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious.
Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a
fierce wind.
For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.
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Why did the boy take the ruler to bed?He wanted to see how long he slept.
Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
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