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savage

('s/&/v/I//dZ/ )

adjective (a)

Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.(adjective)

source: webster1913

noun (n)

a member of an uncivilized people(noun.person)

Synonym:
barbarian

source: wordnet30
a cruelly rapacious person(noun.person)

Synonym:
beast, brute, wildcat, wolf

source: wordnet30
A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.(noun)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering(adj.all)

Example:
A savage slap.

Synonym:
barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, vicious

source: wordnet30
wild and menacing(adj.all)

Synonym:
feral, ferine

source: wordnet30
without civilizing influences(adj.all)

Example:
A savage people.

Synonym:
barbarian, barbaric, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild

source: wordnet30
marked by extreme and violent energy(adj.all)

Synonym:
ferocious, fierce, furious

source: wordnet30

verb (v)

attack brutally and fiercely(verb.competition)

source: wordnet30
criticize harshly or violently(verb.communication)

Example:
The press savaged the new President.

Synonym:
blast, crucify, pillory

source: wordnet30
To make savage.(verb)

source: webster1913

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