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UK
/sˈævɪdʒ/
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[ US /ˈsævədʒ, ˈsævɪdʒ/ ]
[ US /ˈsævədʒ, ˈsævɪdʒ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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wild and menacing
a pack of feral dogs -
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
a barbarous crime
Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
brutal beatings
vicious kicks
a savage slap
cruel tortures -
marked by extreme and violent energy
a furious battle
a ferocious beating
fierce fighting -
without civilizing influences
fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient
a savage people
barbarian invaders
wild tribes
barbaric practices
NOUN
- a cruelly rapacious person
- a member of an uncivilized people
VERB
-
criticize harshly or violently
The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage
The press savaged the new President - attack brutally and fiercely
How To Use savage In A Sentence
- A savage beast devoured him! WALKING THE BIBLE
- He would insist to his dying day that an arctic wolf had savaged him.
- The Roman satirists savagely expose the fawning homage heaped upon the childless rich.
- Inside, Ms. Savage accented the home's 16-foot coved ceilings—original from 1926—and espresso-colored floors with earth-toned couches and classic pieces, using a long wooden bench as a living room coffee table. A Gossip Girl's Main Stage
- The company has announced a savage price cut of its videogame system.
- To lose him so young, so suddenly and in such a savage way is a devastating shock to our family.
- As the student's uniforms are traded for spears and war paint, the innocent boys devolve into uncontrolled, bloodthirsty hunters and ultimately, savages intent on killing the "beast".
- Behind this carefullyconstructed shield, he has lashed out savagely at those who have bettered him in the eyes of history and bettered him in the practice of Christian values.
- Griffons were pony-sized, quadrupedal avians with such a reputation for savagery that they had been banned from all the Northern mountain provinces.
- Even Lord of the Flies - which I love as a metaphor for many, many things, like the savagery of humanity - treats the children more as symbolic figures.
