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  • adjective comparative form of fierce: more fierce

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Examples

  • The sword-thrusts challenge him to put forth greater strength in fiercer wars.

    The Kempton-Wace Letters 2010

  • The greater the zeal of the believers and the more striking the effect of their achievements, the fiercer will be the opposition of the enemy.

    Dawn of a New Day 1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi 1927

  • Yet such was the obstinacy of his disposition, and so impatient was he of control, that the more desperate his position seemed, the fiercer was his resistance.

    Caught in the Net ��mile Gaboriau 1852

  • The more he had been temporarily confounded, the fiercer was his resentment when he came to himself.

    Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are William Godwin 1796

  • Girtin points out that Wolcot may have suggested this role for himself and that Opie in any case included himself in this picture as well as the "fiercer" of the two assassins

    Notes on ''Manilus to Peter Pindar':Satire, Patriotism, and Masculinity in the 1790s' 2006

  • More of our troops are dying this year than last, the enemy is getting "fiercer" and they're just waiting for us to leave before wreaking havoc.

    11/18/2005 2005

  • By 'fiercer' Gould means species that have the ability and tendency to catch and eat a lot of prey.

    How to Save the World 2009

  • By 'fiercer' Gould means species that have the ability and tendency to catch and eat a lot of prey.

    How to Save the World 2009

  • By 'fiercer' Gould means species that have the ability and tendency to catch and eat a lot of prey.

    How to Save the World 2009

  • By 'fiercer' Gould means species that have the ability and tendency to catch and eat a lot of prey.

    How to Save the World 2009

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