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savage 1, adjective (oh)



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1 ?violent?
2 ?criticizing?
3 ?severe?
4 ?people?
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[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: sauvage, from Medieval Latin salvaticus, from Latin silvaticus 'of the woods, wild', from silva 'forest']
?VIOLENT?
very violent or cruel
::a savage dog
::a savage murder
?CRITICIZING?
criticizing someone or something very severely
::a savage attack on the government
?SEVERE?
very severe
::The government has announced savage cuts in spending.
::a savage storm
?PEOPLE?
[only before noun] old-fashioned not polite an offensive word used to describe people who have a simple, traditional way of life
::a savage tribe
-- savagely adv
::He was savagely attacked and beaten.
-- savageness n [U]