savage
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4.5
- adjective
- /ˈsævɪdʒ/
- NSFW
- With savage bloodlust, the beast left its lair and set upon the village.
- ruthless and savage
- savage predator
- wild and savage
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Watch on YouTubeWe see them as very brutal, savage warrior people.
- We see them as very brutal, savage warrior people.
- This is by far the most savage bit we've done against this side is horrendous.
- And that's, that's kind of like when I say it was naughty, it was, it was because of the just how savage them IEDs were.
- Look, that marketplace out there, that economy is the most savage, most difficult playing field in the world to negotiate.
- And it's like it's sort of, if you've never gone to an event live and sat close to the action, I think most people don't realize how brutal and savage it is.
- They became infamous for fighting on amidst savage and merciless hostilities.
- This war would be savage villages just destroyed and burned by both sides.
- And so that the guys that I looked up to we're a little they were a little more savage.
Examples
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It's just an unparalleled display of the savage power of nature.
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Human beings, unlike most species, are frequently tormented by the savage gods of depression and despair.
Academic text (1992) -
We want them to be savage with the enemies, but not with their own people.
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Only the water was a savage ocean beating at the trees.
Fiction book (1996) -
We see them as very brutal, savage warrior people.
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French soldiers carried out savage reprisals.
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What they did was an appalling, savage thing.
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At times, the savage war against al-Qaeda pitted members of the same tribe against each other.
Academic text (2010) -
I knew I had only a few months; the savage horde below our mountaintop was growing and stirring.
Fiction book (1997) -
The lion's savage roar echoed through the jungle, instilling fear in all who heard it.
Synonyms
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2.5
Using strong force that causes harm
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2.7
Willing to cause pain or suffering to others
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5.2
Deliberately cruel and likely to hurt someone
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3.0
Showing great power, anger or passion
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4.8
Very cruel and violent, causing pain or suffering
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3.0
Very angry and ready to shout or complain
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5.5
Very strong and violent in a way that hurts or scares
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6.7
An animal that lives wild after escaping people and is often dangerous
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6.5
Cruel and showing no care for other people like an animal
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8.9
Acting in a harsh way that ignores other people's feelings
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8.5
Being very cruel and causing great pain
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9.9
Cruel and likely to cause great harm
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9.2
Ready to use violence to hurt people
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9.9
Very cruel and violent, causing many deaths
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9.9
Very violent and likely to destroy things
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9.9
Being wild and dangerous in a frightening way
Very angry and ready to attack
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Etymology
Savage comes from Old French sauvage and the Latin silva, which means 'wood' or 'forest', so it originally meant 'of the woods' or wild. That's why savage now describes something fierce, violent, or uncontrolled.