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单词 savaging
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savagingn.

Brit. /ˈsavᵻdʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsævɪdʒɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: savage v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < savage v. + -ing suffix1.
1. The action or an act of attacking a person, animal, etc., violently or ferociously; savage behaviour or action.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > damaging or injuring
spillinga1122
impairment1340
marring1357
damaginga1400
defacingc1400
spoiling1479
violation?c1500
facingc1540
deface1556
defacement1561
infection1563
spoil1575
endamageance1594
damagement1603
mismaking1615
empoisonmenta1626
vitiation1635
vitiating1669
spoilage1815
savaging1858
spoliation1867
mucking about1969
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force
strong handOE
strengthOE
strenghc1300
violencec1300
mightc1325
stuntisea1327
forcea1340
enforcing138.
forcinga1382
forcenessc1400
violation?c1500
efforce1549
enforcement1577
Stafford law1589
vexation1605
club-law1612
aspertee1660
physical force1716
strong arm1836
savaging1858
muscle1879
strong-arming1906
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > act or instance of
outragec1300
violencea1393
forcea1481
stratagem1581
violency1632
savaging1858
1858 Guardian 7 Apr. 276/3 It should further be remembered that they are not even accused of any savaging or outrages.
1892 Baily's Mag. July 66/2 It is impossible to say St. Angelo would not have won the Derby had it been run on a course where there would have been no savagings or interferences.
1917 P. Gibbs Battles of Somme xiv. 142 Men in exposed positions have to suffer the savaging of the enemy's artillery.
1985 M. M. Hunt Profiles Social Res. i. 9 In some lands the savaging or even murder of an unfaithful wife is seen as an act of honour.
2005 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 6 Feb. a21 Another man survived a savaging by a crocodile..and is recovering in a hospital.
2. A verbal attack; spec. an instance of harsh or cruel criticism.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > severe > instance of
cockshy1822
smasher1828
slasher1849
scarifier1855
slating1870
slate1887
savaging1905
excoriation1924
caning1933
pasting1974
handbagging1987
1905 J. B. Firth Highways & Byways in Derbyshire xiii. 208 Elliott..never quite recovered from the ‘savaging’ which Jeffrey administered to his early poems.
1969 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 20 Apr. 19/8 The film got quite a savaging from the critics.
1985 Guardian 6 Mar. 10/1 The unlikely distinction of a public savaging from the Commons Transport Committee.
2010 Times (Nexis) 8 Feb. 53 His first Broadway venture in the mid-1960s..survived only three weeks after a critical savaging.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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