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激烈 word · TOCFL 4 (est.)
激烈 ＝ 激 ＋ 烈
ㄐㄧ ㄌㄧㄝˋ · jīliè
adj — fierce, intense, heated (of fighting, competition, debate)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

激to stir up, to rouse (刺激)jī
烈fierce; blazing (猛烈)liè
激烈，刺激的激，猛烈的烈。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

水被沖（激）得四濺，火（烈）燒得正旺，兩邊都收不住。
Water dashed up (激) into spray, fire (烈) blazing high — neither side holding back.
關 · Related
猛烈měnglièfierce force — the same 烈刺激cìjīto provoke — the same 激