vehement

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vehement /ˈviːɪm(ə)nt/

▶adjective showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense.

– derivatives
vehemence noun,
vehemently adverb.

– origin ME (describing intense pain or high temperature): from Fr. véhément or L. vehement- ‘impetuous, violent’, perh. from an unrecorded adjective meaning ‘deprived of mind’, influenced by vehere ‘carry’.

'vehement' also found in these Oxford entries:

blistering - clamour - fulminate - rage - rip - roundly - vociferous

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