fierce

a. 猛烈的,残忍的,狂暴的,强烈的

Because there is so much unemployment, the competition for jobs is fierce.

因为失业严重，求职的竞争十分激烈。

They were having a fierce argument and I thought they might hit each other.

他们正在恶狠狠地争吵，我想他们可能要打架了。