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as in frantic
marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity
everyone worked at a furious pace in order to get the float ready for the parade
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as in intense
extreme in degree, power, or effect
a furious hurricane virtually destroyed the seaside town
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as in angry
feeling or showing anger
a furious customer demanding to see the manager
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as in violent
marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity
rioters went on a furious rampage, doing over $2,000,000 in damage
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Recent Examples of furious
Some of Israel’s Arab lawmakers were furious about the statue incident.
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Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026
The revelation has left furious opponents calling for Starmer to resign and uneasy allies wondering what else the nation’s leader didn’t know about.
—ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
The Fury Road headliner is furious with the actor, whose Oscar dreams were famously dashed last month.
—Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 19 Apr. 2026
The judge was furious, setting Baldwin free.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2026
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Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026
The revelation has left furious opponents calling for Starmer to resign and uneasy allies wondering what else the nation’s leader didn’t know about.
—ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
The Fury Road headliner is furious with the actor, whose Oscar dreams were famously dashed last month.
—Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 19 Apr. 2026
The judge was furious, setting Baldwin free.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for furious
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As Gritty closed the gap on the fleeing pair, the camera switched to his face — the only sound being frantic footsteps and the clicking of his googly eyes.—
Ryan Brennan
April 23,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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Federal investigators revealed new details about last month's deadly collision between a regional Air Canada jet and a Port Authority maintenance truck at LaGuardia Airport, including a frantic series of apparent miscommunications in the seconds prior to the crash.—
Clara McMichael,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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By the final showdown, the production has made use of every bit of stage space, with sensational flying sequences (choreographed by Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant) that allow the vampires to float, hover, and—in one especially intense moment—dive from that bridge.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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The moment has sparked an outpouring of empathy, with many pointing to the intense pressure drivers face on the job.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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The many leaps in time to the wedding—to which Ruben shows up on a motorcycle, angry enough to knock his brother out with a single punch—consistently ratchet up the sense of dread, and the suspense over why or how these two have stayed enmeshed.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Jabil board defies angry shareholders.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Opponents will learn about his violent play style very quickly.—
Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The government actually deported more than six hundred and seventy-five thousand people, but getting just to that number involved broad and violent sweeps and the expulsion of people who were in the country legally, actions that led to widespread protests.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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In the annals of English football, this shoots close to the top of the list of ridiculous moments, along with Troy Deeney’s mad goal for Watford in the Championship play-offs in 2013 and Sergio Aguero’s Premier League title-winning strike for Manchester City in 2012.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Here's our list of the five best space prison movies (in no particular order, don't get mad at the numbers).—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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Data centers also have sharp demand spikes driven by computing-intensive tasks, such as training models.—
Mark Chediak,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Tilson Thomas’ New World Symphony, an ensemble and intensive three-year fellowship program for music school graduates to hone their craft, and its home at the New World Center in Miami Beach, are considered to be crown jewels in the Miami area’s art scene.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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Officers said an adult male suspect attempted to sell products to the bakery and became enraged when an employee declined.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Shortly after administering the technical to an enraged Self, referee Doug Sirmons hit KU’s coach with another tech, ostensibly for remaining on the court instead of returning to the coach’s box.—
Gary Bedore
March 5,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026
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Behind a ferocious defense and an offense that couldn’t miss, the Knicks led by 25 points after one quarter, by as many as 51 points in the first half, and by as many as 61 points after halftime.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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Mo Chara and Móglaí Bap have always been ferocious rappers, two goliaths spitting bilingual bars over gritty electronica with the couplet-completing precision of Run the Jewels.—
Dean Van Nguyen,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Furious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furious. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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