Complete Definition of "savage"

English

Pronunciation
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Adjective
en-adj

  1. wild; not cultivated
  2. barbaric; not civilized
  3. fierce and ferocious
  4. brutal, vicious, or merciless

#: That woman across the street died from a savage murder.

Translations
trans-top|Wild, not cultivated
Norwegian: vill
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trans-top|Barbaric, not civilized
Norwegian: barbarisk
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trans-top|Fierce and ferocious
Norwegian: rasende
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Kurdish: KUchar|د��د��
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trans-top|Brutal, vicious or merciless
Norwegian: brutal, grusom
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Noun
en-noun

  1. A savage person.
  2. figurative A defiant person.

Translations
trans-top|savage person
Czech: divoch m
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Norwegian: villmann m
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Verb
en-verb|savages|savaging|savaged transitive

  1. To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
  2. figurative To criticise vehemently.

#:His latest film was savaged by most reviewers.

  1. context|of an animal To attack with the teeth

Translations
trans-top|To criticise vehemently
Norwegian: slakte
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