"fierceness" meaning in English

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          "sense": "state of being fierce",
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          "word": "acharnement"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "state of being fierce",
          "word": "ádázság"
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          "sense": "state of being fierce",
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          "sense": "state of being fierce",
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          "sense": "state of being fierce",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "fierità"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "state of being fierce",
          "word": "immānitās"
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          "sense": "state of being fierce",
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          "sense": "state of being fierce",
          "word": "taratutū"
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          "sense": "state of being fierce",
          "word": "fersnesse"
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          "sense": "state of being fierce",
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      "sense": "state of being fierce",
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      "word": "acharnement"
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      "sense": "state of being fierce",
      "word": "ádázság"
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      "sense": "state of being fierce",
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      "sense": "state of being fierce",
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      "sense": "state of being fierce",
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      "sense": "state of being fierce",
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      "sense": "state of being fierce",
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      "sense": "state of being fierce",
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      "sense": "state of being fierce",
      "word": "taratutū"
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      "sense": "state of being fierce",
      "word": "fersnesse"
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      "sense": "state of being fierce",
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