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adjective | noun | verb savagesavage1 /ˈsævɪdʒ/ ●○○ adjective ETYMOLOGYsavage1Origin: 1200-1300 Old French sauvage, from Latin silvaticus of the woods, wild ► a savage attack/murder/beating etc. Jake was the victim of a savage beating. ► savage attack/criticism etc. a savage attack on the president’s policies THESAURUSactions► violent involving actions that are intended to injure or kill people, by hitting them, shooting them, etc.: There has been a rise in violent crime in the city in the past year. The military was behind the violent overthrow of the government. ► rough involving force or violence but not causing serious injury: Several protesters complained of rough treatment by the police. ► vicious extremely violent and cruel, and intended to hurt someone: The vicious attack left her with a broken arm and several cracked ribs. ► savage extremely violent, as if done by a wild animal: The man nearly died in the savage attack. ► brutal very violent and cruel, in a way that shows no human feelings for other people: The police are investigating a series of brutal murders. ► fierce done with a lot of energy and often violent: The soldiers clashed in a fierce battle. ► ferocious violent, dangerous, and frightening: Many civilians were killed in the ferocious bloody fighting. 1very cruel and violent: a savage dog Police described the attack as unusually savage.a savage attack/murder/beating etc. Jake was the victim of a savage beating.► see thesaurus at violent2criticizing someone or something very severely: savage attack/criticism etc. a savage attack on the president’s policies3very severe and harmful: savage cuts in government spending4[only before noun] old-fashioned a word to describe a person or group from a country where the way of living seems very simple and undeveloped, now considered offensive SYN primitive5[only before noun] literary sharp and dangerous-looking [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French sauvage, from Latin silvaticus of the woods, wild]—savagely adverb—savageness noun [uncountable] adjective | noun | verb savagesavage2 noun [countable] old-fashioned a word for someone from a country where the way of living seems very simple and undeveloped, now considered offensive → see also noble savage at noble1 (4) adjective | noun | verb savagesavage3 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEsavage |
| Present | I, you, we, they | savage | | he, she, it | savages | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | savaged | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have savaged | | he, she, it | has savaged | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had savaged | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will savage | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have savaged |
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| Present | I | am savaging | | he, she, it | is savaging | | you, we, they | are savaging | | Past | I, he, she, it | was savaging | | you, we, they | were savaging | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been savaging | | he, she, it | has been savaging | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been savaging | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be savaging | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been savaging |
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