vehemence (n.)

  1. intensity or forcefulness of expression; the vehemence of his denial; his emphasis on civil rights

    [ Syn: emphasis ]

  2. the property of being wild or turbulent; the storms violence

    [ Syn: ferocity , fierceness , furiousness , fury , violence , wildness ]

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