激烈(げきれつ)

げきれつ
na-adjective, noun
fierce; intense; violent
formalevaluation
1. fierce; intense; violent
extremely intense, fierce, or violent in degree or manner
激烈(げきれつ)な競争(きょうそう)だ。
It's fierce competition.
両者(りょうしゃ)の激烈(げきれつ)な戦(たたか)いが続(つづ)いた。
The fierce battle between the two continued.
市場(しじょう)シェアをめぐる激烈(げきれつ)な争(あらそ)いが繰(く)り広(ひろ)げられている。
A fierce struggle over market share is being waged.

A strong word that emphasizes extreme intensity. Commonly modifies competition, debate, battle, and other conflict-related nouns. More literary and emphatic than 激(はげ)しい.

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Compare: 激(はげ)しい (intense, violent)
Compare: 猛烈(もうれつ) (fierce, furious)
Compare: 熾烈(しれつ) (fierce, intense)
Compare: 苛烈(かれつ) (fierce)
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