Definition of savagery
savageries
1a : the quality of being savageb : an act of cruelty or violence
2 : an uncivilized state
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Examples of savagery in a Sentence
The savagery of the attack was horrifying.
an act of pure savagery
the savageries committed by the soldiers
Recent Examples of savagery from the Web
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Boyega plays Melvin Dismukes, a black security guard who bore petrified, and mostly paralyzed, witness to the savagery of the police.
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Chihuahua has a long history of drug-war violence, including in Ciudad Juarez, the border town that came to symbolize the savagery of the violence.
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Chihuahua has a long history of drug-war violence, including in Ciudad Juarez, the border town that came to symbolize the savagery of the violence.
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All of these men share a thread of violence, savagery, and destruction.
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When Till's body was discovered, his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, demanded an open-casket funeral to show the world the savagery of Southern racism.
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The end of the savagery did little to answer the burning question: What was the beast?
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But in 2014, when most of us were first learning of ISIS’s signature savagery, women in Iraq were already well-acquainted: The militants were at their door.
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Throughout Europe and the rest of the world, Rodger had already borne witness to a level of savagery almost beyond the scope of the imagination.
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First Known Use of savagery
circa 1616
SAVAGERY Defined for English Language Learners
savagery
playDefinition of savagery for English Language Learners
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: a cruel or violent quality : a savage quality
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: a cruel or violent act or action
SAVAGERY Defined for Kids
savagery
playDefinition of savagery for Students
savageries
1 : an uncivilized condition or character
2 : an act of cruelty or violence
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