• 猛もう烈れつ — intense; fierce
• 猛もう獣じゅう — wild beast; ferocious animal
• 猛もう威い — overwhelming force
• 勇ゆう猛もう — brave and fierce
• 猛もう進しん — push forward vigorously
• 猛もう者もの — a tough/able person

The animal radical 犭 adds a raw, untamed feel. Think of surging power you can’t easily restrain — the energy behind words like 猛威 or 猛進.

Picture a cage shaking as a 猛獣（もうじゅう） paces — breath hot, eyes fixed. That focused, unstoppable force is the feel of 猛. Pair it with 烈 and the heat becomes 猛烈 — intensity like flames.