rabid

Affected with rabies.

a rabid dog or fox

Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.

a rabid virus

Furious; raging; extremely violent.

It seems a very likely agreement that the Maestre’s activity against Cabra, at and after Ciudad Real, should be balanced by the service of Aguilar’s brutal underlings in the Rebellion at Fuente Ovejuna." In any event, there were “algunos caballeros (sic) cordobeses a devocién de . . . Rodrigo Girén,” who in 1473 had already proved themselves only too eager for the most rabid violence.

Brutal compulsion was the necessary accompaniment of the large-scale organization and the extensive order introduced by kingship. Herodotus’ history is full of revolting descriptions of the rabid violence of kings, such as the tale he told of Cambyses.

Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous.

a rabid socialist

rabid Green Bay Packers fans

A human or animal infected with rabies.

Someone who is fanatical in opinion.