Savage
[n] a cruelly rapacious person
[n] a member of an uncivilized people
[adj] 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"
[adj] (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"
[adj] wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog"
[adj] marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"
[v] criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
[v] attack brutally and fiercely
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Synonyms
barbarian, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, beast, brutal, brute, crucify, cruel, fell, feral, ferocious, fierce, furious, inhumane, noncivilised, noncivilized, pillory, roughshod, uncivilised, uncivilized, untamed, vicious, violent, wild, wildcat, wolf