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Learn to pronounce sav·age

/ˈsavij/
adjective
  1. (of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.
    "packs of savage dogs roamed the streets"
    synonyms: ferocious, fierce, wild, untamed, undomesticated, feral, predatory, ravening
  2. (of something bad or negative) very great; severe.
    "the decision was a savage blow for the town"
    synonyms: severe, crushing, devastating, crippling, terrible, awful, dreadful, dire, catastrophic, calamitous, ruinous, mortal, lethal, fatal
  3. (of a person or group) primitive and uncivilized.
    synonyms: primitive, uncivilized, unenlightened, in a state of nature, heathen, wild, barbarian, barbarous, barbaric, rude

noun
  1. a brutal or vicious person.
    "the mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages"
    synonyms: brute, beast, monster, barbarian, ogre, demon, sadist, animal
  2. a member of a people regarded as primitive and uncivilized.
    synonyms: barbarian, wild man, wild woman, primitive, heathen, cannibal
  3. a representation of a bearded and semi-naked man with a wreath of leaves.

verb
(especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul.
"ewes savaged by marauding dogs"
synonyms: maul, attack, tear to pieces, lacerate, claw, bite, mutilate, mangle, worry

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