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English noun: savagery | |||
| 1. | savagery (attribute) the property of being untamed and ferocious | ||
| Samples | The coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters. A craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums. | ||
| Synonyms | savageness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness | ||
| 2. | savagery (attribute) the trait of extreme cruelty | ||
| Synonyms | brutality, ferociousness, viciousness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cruelness, cruelty, harshness | ||
| 3. | savagery (act) a brutal barbarous savage act | ||
| Synonyms | barbarism, barbarity, brutality | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | atrocity, inhumanity | ||
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