Ferocious
Tenacious
Tenacious adjective - Continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement.
Ferocious and tenacious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ferocious" instead an adjective "Tenacious".
Nearby Words: tenacity, tenaciously
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Taffy 3's defense of the landing beaches was so tenacious and ferocious that Kurita, commander of the Japanese task group, thought he was tangling with the entire Seventh Fleet and withdrew.
Source: Last Stand
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