Violent outcome from Recife (6)

I believe the answer is:

fierce

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'violent' is the definition.
(I know that violent can be written as fierce)

'outcome from recife' is the wordplay.
'recife' can be anagrammed to 'FIERCE'.
Though, I am not sure how the anagram is indicated.

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(Other definitions for fierce that I've seen before include "Intensely aggressive" , "Violent and aggressive" , "Barbarous" , "Savagely vehement" , "Cruel or intense" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.

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