noun
a member of an uncivilized people
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noun
a cruelly rapacious person
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verb
attack brutally and fiercely
verb
criticize harshly or violently
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- The press savaged the new President
- The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage
adjective
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
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- a barbarous crime
- brutal beatings
- cruel tortures
- Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- a savage slap
- vicious kicks
adjective
wild and menacing
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- a pack of feral dogs
adjective
without civilizing influences
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- barbarian invaders
- barbaric practices
- a savage people
- fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade
- wild tribes
adjective
marked by extreme and violent energy
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- a ferocious beating
- fierce fighting
- a furious battle