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knockdown-dragout, knock-down-and-drag-out

adj. extremely violent; "a knock-down-and-drag-out fight"

barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild

adj. without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"

feral, ferine, savage

adj. wild and menacing; "a pack of feral dogs"

marauding, predatory, raiding

adj. characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party"

predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous

adj. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"

angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wild

adj. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"

disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent

adj. characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood"

truculent

adj. defiantly aggressive; "a truculent speech against the new government"

convulsive

adj. resembling a convulsion in being sudden and violent; "a convulsive rage"; "convulsive laughter"

wild, furious, unrestrained

adj. marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"

ruffianly, tough

adj. violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs"

terrorist

adj. characteristic of someone who employs terrorism (especially as a political weapon); "terrorist activity"; "terrorist state"

turbulent

adj. characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood"

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