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• n  intensity or forcefulness of expression
  the vehemence of his denial
• n  the property of being wild or turbulent

• He has cursed the power loom, the steam locomotive, the Welsbach mantle, the airplane and the electric shaver with a vehemence calculated to deliver whole generations of mankind to .
• With a vehemence which he usually reserves for the political bear pits, Harry Truman last week turned the full weight of the presidency against "McCarthyism.
• With equal vehemence, Israel insisted that the presence of the missiles was an unacceptable violation of the tacitly accepted status quo in Lebanon's complex political equation .

• emphasis
• ferocity
• fierceness
• furiousness
• fury
• violence
• wildness

News & Articles

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• Hagel: Judge military sex-assault cases on facts
  The Defense chief fears commanders will be swayed by Obama's vehemence on the subject.
  Aug. 16, 2013 - Portland Press Herald

Quotes

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• Chris Van Hollen in Washington Post
  The vehemence with which the president opposed it made it clear to a lot of people that this was a change in direction and that it was significant,said Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Md.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
• Jon S Corzine in NJ Blog (blog)
  I'm actually pleasantly surprised that there was less vehemence,Corzine said.
• Sidney Verba in New York Times
  It's become much more controversial than I would have expected,Mr. Verba said. "I was surprised by the vehemence."