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savage
adjective
noun
verb
without civilizing influences
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ˈsævɪdʒ
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adjective
without civilizing influences
“barbarian invaders”
adjective
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
“a barbarous crime”
adjective
wild and menacing
“a pack of feral dogs”
adjective
marked by extreme and violent energy
“a ferocious beating”
noun
a cruelly rapacious person
noun
a member of an uncivilized people
verb
criticize harshly or violently
“The press savaged the new President”
verb
attack brutally and fiercely
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Example Sentences
barbarian invaders
barbaric practices
a savage people
{'source': 'Margaret Meade', 'text': 'fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient'}
wild tribes
a barbarous crime
brutal beatings
cruel tortures
Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
a savage slap
a pack of feral dogs
a ferocious beating
fierce fighting
a furious battle
The press savaged the new President
The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage
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