savagery
noun
sav·age·ry
ˈsa-vi-jə-rē 
ˈsa-vij-rē
plural savageries
1
a
: the quality of being savage
b
: an act of cruelty or violence
2
: an uncivilized state
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The savagery of the attack was horrifying.
an act of pure savagery
the savageries committed by the soldiers
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Whatever Pratt imagined for Indian schools as an answer to Indian persecution, the schools became, in the early decades especially, places of repression, punishment, and occasional savagery.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
Golding's singular debut novel, with its group of prepubescent boys stranded on an uninhabited island, highlights the delicate balance between civilization and savagery.
—The Week Us, theweek, 24 Sep. 2024
There’s an earthy savagery at the heart of Eden that consumes not just the people onscreen but the people in the audience, too; our own bloodlust is provoked, as if to prove the point that there’s something rotten lurking in the hearts of all people.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024
Hamas’s savagery was backed by an aggressive Iran that is supported by the authoritarian axis; as such, October 7 was a direct assault on the free world.
—Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
Golding's singular debut novel, with its group of prepubescent boys stranded on an uninhabited island, highlights the delicate balance between civilization and savagery.
—The Week Us, theweek, 24 Sep. 2024
There’s an earthy savagery at the heart of Eden that consumes not just the people onscreen but the people in the audience, too; our own bloodlust is provoked, as if to prove the point that there’s something rotten lurking in the hearts of all people.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024
Hamas’s savagery was backed by an aggressive Iran that is supported by the authoritarian axis; as such, October 7 was a direct assault on the free world.
—Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
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“Savagery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/savagery. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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savagery
noun
sav·age·ry
ˈsav-ij-(ə-)rē
plural savageries
1
: savage disposition or action : cruelty
2
: the state of being savage
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