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   savage

   /ˈsavɪdʒ/

   adjective

   • 1. (of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled: "packs of savage dogs roamed the streets" Similar ferociousfiercewilduntamedundomesticatedferalpredatoryraveningOpposite tame
   • ▪ cruel and vicious; aggressively hostile: "a savage attack on the government" Similar viciousbrutalcruelsadisticferociousfierceviolentbloodymurderoushomicidalbloodthirstybestialbrutishbarbaricbarbarousmercilessruthlesspitilessheartlessinhumanharshcallouscold-bloodedarchaic:fellsanguinaryfierceblisteringscathingsearingstingingdevastatingmordanttrenchantcausticcuttingbitingwitheringvirulentvitriolicOpposite mildgentle
   • 2. (of something bad or negative) very great; severe: "the decision was a savage blow for the town" Similar severecrushingdevastatingcripplingterribleawfuldreadfuldirecatastrophiccalamitousruinousmortallethalfatal
   • 3. (of a person or group) primitive and uncivilized. dated, offensive Similar primitiveuncivilizedunenlightenedin a state of natureheathenwildbarbarianbarbarousbarbaricarchaic:rudeOpposite civilized
   • ▪ (of a place) wild-looking and inhospitable; uncultivated. Similar ruggedroughwildinhospitableuninhabitable

   noun

   • 1. a brutal or vicious person: "the mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages" Similar brutebeastmonsterbarbarianogredemonsadistanimal
   • 2. a member of a people regarded as primitive and uncivilized. dated, offensive Similar barbarianwild manwild womanprimitiveheathencannibal
   • 3. a representation of a bearded and semi-naked man with a wreath of leaves.

   verb

   • 1. (especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul: "police are rounding up dogs after a girl was savaged" Similar maulattacktear to pieceslacerateclawbitemutilatemangleworry
   • ▪ subject to a vicious verbal attack; criticize brutally: "he savaged the government for wasting billions in their failed bid to prop up the pound" Similar criticize severelyattacklambastcondemnflayshoot downpilloryrevileinformal:jump ontear to piecestake to piecestake/pull apartlay intopitch intohammerslambashdo a hatchet job oncrucifygive something a batteringroastskewerthrow brickbats atknockslaterubbishslag offmonsterbad-mouthpummeltrashbaggive someone bondiarchaic:excoriateslashOpposite praisecommendapplaud

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French sauvage ‘wild’, from Latin silvaticus ‘of the woods’, from silva ‘a wood’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. savagedom noun
   • 2. savageness noun

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   What does it mean if someone is Savage?

   • Someone or something that is savage is extremely cruel, violent, and uncontrolled. If you refer to people as savages, you dislike them because you think that they do not have an advanced society and are violent. If someone is savaged by a dog or other animal, the animal attacks them violently.

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   What does it mean if someone is savaged by a dog?

   • If someone is savaged by a dog or other animal, the animal attacks them violently. If someone or something that they have done is savaged by another person, that person criticizes them severely. Speakers called for clearer direction and savaged the Chancellor. [VERB noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   What is a savage tribe?

   • 1. wild; untamed: savage beasts of the jungle. 2. ferocious in temper; vicious: a savage dog. 3. uncivilized; crude: savage behaviour. 4. (Anthropology & Ethnology) (of peoples) nonliterate or primitive: a savage tribe. 5. (Peoples) (of peoples) nonliterate or primitive: a savage tribe. 6. (Physical Geography) (of terrain) rugged and uncultivated

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   What does it mean if an animal is Savage?

   • Describing an animal as savage means that it is true to its wild, ferocious nature, but if you describe a person or the actions of a person as savage, it means "cruel" or "brutal." A place can also be described as savage if it's untamed, uninhabitable, and unwelcoming.

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   noun. a cruelly rapacious person. synonyms: beast, brute, wildcat, wolf.

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   Someone or something that is savage is extremely cruel, violent, and uncontrolled. This was a savage attack on a defenceless young girl. ...the savage wave of violence that swept the country in November 1987. ...a savage dog lunging at the end of a chain. Synonyms: cruel, brutal, vicious, bloody More Synonyms of savage. savagely adverb.

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