Detective Fermin Archer died from injuries received in a vehicle accident while on duty. Today, we add six members of the world's greatest police department to the Wall of Heroes, said Mayor Bloomberg.
tautness Noun 1 the physical condition of being stretched or strained; it places great tension on the leg muscles; he could feel the tenseness of her body [syn: tension, tensity, tenseness]
Hypernyms (severity is a kind of...): intensity; intensiveness (high level or degree; the property of being intense). Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of severity): foulness; raininess ((of weather) the badness of the weather). distressfulness; seriousness (the quality of arousing fear or distress).