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1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
   "a savage slap";
   - barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, vicious
    
2. Wild and menacing
   "a pack of savage dogs";
   - feral, ferine
    
3. Without civilizing influences
   "a savage people";
   - barbarian, barbaric, uncivilized, uncivilised [Brit], wild
    
4. Marked by extreme and violent energy
   "a savage beating";
   - ferocious, fierce, furious

1. A member of an uncivilized people
   - barbarian
    
2. A cruelly rapacious person
   - beast, wolf, brute, wildcat [informal]

1. Attack brutally and fiercely
    
2. Criticize harshly or violently
   "The press savaged the new President";
   - blast [informal], pillory, crucify

Derived forms: savages, savaging, savaged

See also: inhumane, noncivilised [Brit], noncivilized, untamed, violent, wild

Type of: aggressor, assail, assailant, assailer, assault, assaulter, attack, attacker, criticise [Brit], criticize, damn [informal], knock [informal], pick apart, primitive, primitive person, set on

Encyclopedia: Savage, Maryland