The phrase "fierce discussions" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It typically refers to intense or heated debates or conversations. Example: "The board meeting was filled with fierce discussions over the company's proposed budget cuts."
"That will probably lead to fierce discussions between the council [national leaders] and the parliament.
The play will, I'm sure, trigger fierce discussions among its audience.
However, unlike discussions about carbonara and amatriciana, which can get fierce, discussions about pasta e patate and other minestre (thick Italian soups/stews) are mostly gentle.
Pepicello said that while the deal was being negotiated, there were fierce discussions within the university about buying the naming rights.
The events of the past few months, and the fierce discussions about feminism that they have engendered, have proved to be far more electrifying and complex than anything that Wolitzer depicts here.
But at a time which has fierce discussions about the lack of women in positions of power, and their continued objectification (see how the "No More Page 3" campaign has gained serious traction), does an old-fashioned pin-up, however glamorous and well-executed, seem a bit out of touch?
She may ask students to write down some initial reflections, then try to foment a fierce discussion.
In what is expected to be a fierce discussion, Argentina's Senate is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a bill allowing gay people to wed.
But more importantly, today in Washington there is a fierce discussion about the deficit, tax cuts, about the military, social security, and Medicare.
At the time, a woman could not obtain a license to practice law, and I'd supposed that this would be a subject of fierce discussion.
There was especially fierce discussion around the issue of the article's timing, a day before Gately's funeral in October, something for which Moir later apologised.
