savageadjective
uk/ˈsæv.ɪdʒ/us/ˈsæv.ɪdʒ/extremely violent, wild, or frightening:
a savage dog/beast
a brutal and savage attack
very serious or cruel:
savage criticism
very large and severe:
savage cuts in education spending
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Animal (non-human) behaviour
- accidental
- eusocial
- fledge
- frisk
- lap
- maul
- migrant
- mob
- molt
- nest
- nuzzle
- perch
- prey
- ruminate
- scratch
- shy
- skitter
- slaver 1
- torpor
- trot
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Violent or aggressive
Big and quite big
savageverb [ T ]
uk/ˈsæv.ɪdʒ/us/ˈsæv.ɪdʒ/If an animal savages someone, it attacks them violently and causes serious injuries:
The child was savaged by a dog.
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Animal (non-human) behaviour
- accidental
- eusocial
- fledge
- frisk
- lap
- maul
- migrant
- mob
- molt
- nest
- nuzzle
- perch
- prey
- ruminate
- scratch
- shy
- skitter
- slaver 1
- torpor
- trot
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savagenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsæv.ɪdʒ/us/ˈsæv.ɪdʒ/offensivea person whose way of life is at a very early stage of development:
Twelve thousand years ago, our ancestors were primitive savages living in caves.
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Prehistory
- Australopithecus
- broch
- brontosaurus
- carboniferous
- caveman
- mesolithic
- neolithic
- Ordovician
- Palaeogene
- palaeolithic
- prehistoric
- prehistory
- primaeval
- primal
- primeval
- Silurian
- stegosaurus
- stone-age
- the Anthropocene
- troglodyte
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