as in feral
living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans
a herd of wilding mustangs
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Adjective
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The gamine Ferran has an extraordinary feral, changeling quality.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2025 -
Maddie is a feral woman with a lot of gumption, who is a fighter and a survivor.—
Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Summit even took Billboard on a run in Miami, explaining that given his wild schedule, exercise keeps him sane.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2025
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When the site was functioning, Musk made sure to spread a wild conspiracy theory about a fire at a Tesla lot in Seattle late Sunday night that damaged several Cybertrucks.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The 2023 grand marshal is former Arizona Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords, gravely wounded in a savage mass shooting in 2011 that also killed six people.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Dec. 2022
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As savage Arctic cold was getting ready to surge south across North America, vivid imagery based on data from weather models showed us what was going to happen.—
Tom Yulsman,
Discover Magazine,
27 Dec. 2022
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“Wilding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wilding. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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