激烈(げきれつ)

げきれつ
adjective-na, noun
fierce; intense; violent
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.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 激烈(げきれつ)な競争(きょうそう): fierce competition
  • 激烈(げきれつ)な戦(たたか)い: fierce battle
  • 激烈(げきれつ)な議論(ぎろん): heated debate
  • 激烈(げきれつ)な批判(ひはん): intense criticism

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 激(はげ)しい: intense, violent — the most common everyday word for intensity
  • 猛烈(もうれつ): fierce, furious — similar register, often used for natural forces or effort
  • 熾烈(しれつ): fierce, intense — emphasizes heated rivalry, very close in meaning
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