激烈

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 激烈, read げきれつ, denotes an exceptionally fierce and intense state of contest or competition.
• Basic usage: It describes the intensity of a hard-fought final and increasingly severe market competition.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Extremely intense conflict
  • It suits a contest or conflict where opposing forces are exceptionally forceful, not merely active.