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  • 81Berzins — This unusual Baltic surname has ancient origins. It derives from the pre 6th Century Saxon (German) Bahr , or the Scandinavian Viking Biorn , baptismal names which literally translate as the bear , but describe one of implied strength and… …

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  • 82Berzon — This unusual Baltic surname has ancient origins. It derives from the pre 6th Century Saxon (German) Bahr , or the Scandinavian Viking Biorn , baptismal names which literally translate as the bear , but describe one of implied strength and… …

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  • 83Berzons — This unusual Baltic surname has ancient origins. It derives from the pre 6th Century Saxon (German) Bahr , or the Scandinavian Viking Biorn , baptismal names which literally translate as the bear , but describe one of implied strength and… …

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  • 84unparalleled — adj. unparalleled in (unparalleled in ferocity) * * * [ʌn pærəleld] unparalleled in (unparalleled in ferocity) …

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  • 85rage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fury, frenzy, wrath, violence; fashion, fad, craze. See desire. v. i. storm, rave, bluster. See excitement, excitability. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Violent anger] Syn. fury, wrath, ferocity; see anger .… …

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  • 86cruelty — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. brutality, barbarity, sadism, savageness, unkindness, inhumanity, barbarism, mercilessness, barbarousness, unmercifulness, wickedness, ruthlessness, severity, malignity, malice, rancor, venom, coldness, unfeelingness,… …

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  • 87Violence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Violence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 violence violence inclemency vehemence might impetuosity Sgm: N 1 boisterousness boisterousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 effervescence effervescence ebullition Sgm …

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  • 88ferocious — (adj.) 1640s, from L. ferocis, oblique case of ferox fierce, wild looking (see FEROCITY (Cf. ferocity)). Related: Ferociously; ferociousness …

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  • 89wrestling —    Wrestling, a one to one unarmed combat sport in which the participant grapples with his opponent on a mat delimiting the field of play in an endeavour to defeat him by winning points for gaining various advantages or by scoring a ‘fall’ (that… …

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  • 90ferocious — adjective 1》 savagely fierce, cruel, or violent. 2》 informal very intense or severe. Derivatives ferociously adverb ferociousness noun ferocity noun (plural ferocities). Origin C17 (earlier (C16) as ferocity): from L. ferox, fe …

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