noun, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective

  1. violence, vehemence, fury, fervor, severity, fierceness, keenness.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
激烈 げきれつ
劇烈 げきれつ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

violent, get excited, enraged
ゲキ はげ.しい (6th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
ancient musical instrument
セク キョウ ケキ
white
しろ ハク しら- (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ かた なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン マン よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
ardent, violent, vehement
レツ はげ.しい やす (7th, N1)
file, row, rank
レツ れっ レ (3rd, N3)
bare bone, bad, wrong
ガツ ガチ タイ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
evening
ゆう セキ ゆ (1st, N4)
knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)
トウ
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ