vicious

01. Be careful of their dog; it can be quite [vicious] towards strangers.

02. A young child was [viciously] attacked by a dog while playing in the park yesterday.

03. He was injured by a [vicious] kick from an opposing player.

04. The young man was [viciously] attacked by a group of teenagers as he was leaving the pub.

05. He was [viciously] beaten by his father when he was a child, and never really got over the experience.

06. The young boy was killed by a [vicious] kick to the head.

07. A local youth is in jail after [viciously] attacking a neighbor with a baseball bat.

08. The government has passed tough new laws to deal with [vicious] pets and their owners in response to an attack on a young child by two dogs.

09. The newspaper has been widely criticized for its [vicious] attack on the governor's reputation.

10. The judge noted the [viciousness] of the attack, and gave the defendant the maximum sentence.

11. Don't get him mad at you; he has a [vicious] temper.

12. There is a Chinese proverb which observes that [vicious] as a tigress can be, she never eats her own cubs.

13. The dog is quite small, but can be very [vicious] when frightened, so be careful.

14. She is a nasty, [vicious] old woman who seems to delight in hurting other people.

15. Thomas Paine suggested that human nature is not of itself [vicious].