Violent anger, wrath, fury, rage; extreme fierceness, ferocity, savageness, cruelty. Cf. madness, n. 4.

= fierceness, n.

The quality or state of being furious; fury; an instance of this. Now rare.

Fierceness, fury.

Fierce impetuosity or violence; esp. warlike rage, fierceness in conflict, attack, or the like. †Rarely, fierce cruelty.

In weakened sense: violence, vicious fighting, esp. in which one combatant wins easily.