Other Definitions savage (enc)
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Savage| Noun | 1. | savage - a member of an uncivilized peopleVandal - a member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455 Odoacer, Odovacar, Odovakar - Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493) | | | 2. | savage - a cruelly rapacious person | | | Verb | 1. | savage - attack brutally and fiercelyassail, assault, set on, attack - attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" | | | 2. | savage - criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock - find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" | | | Adj. | 1. | savage - (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"inhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used" | | | 2. | savage - wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog"untamed, wild - in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; "wild geese"; "edible wild plants" | | | 3. | savage - without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" | | | 4. | savage - marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"violent - acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity; "a violent attack"; "a violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage"; "felt a violent dislike" | |
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