1. (

• vehemence ,
• emphasis

) intensity or forcefulness of expression; "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights" ;

2. (

• ferocity ,
• fierceness ,
• furiousness ,
• fury ,
• vehemence ,
• violence ,
• wildness ,

) the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence" ;