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Recent Examples of savagely
Often apologizing in between bites, Beard, 40, eats savagely with his hands, squeezing food and mashing it into his mouth.
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Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 6 Apr. 2026
This remote one-road knuckle of land on Scotland’s northwest coast, long known as the Rough Bounds, is defined by its savagely wild terrain.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026
Critics of Dhurandhar, especially reviewers, were savagely attacked on social media by fans.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026
Putin will continue to savagely test our resolve until the costs of his aggression outweigh any possible gain.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026
In a scene straight from a horror movie, Carillo’s stomach was savagely cut open, blood everywhere.
—Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
Relatives said the timing of the broad-daylight attack made Ennin’s death that much more difficult to deal with, knowing that his reward for long-overdue time off was being savagely knifed to death on his first day back at work.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
When servicemen attacked, young men were savagely beaten, some stripped of their zoot suits and left naked and unconscious on the street.
—David Alvarado, Time, 15 Dec. 2025
Paul Verhoeven — whose savagely funny RoboCop came out the same year and was picked by Schwarzenegger to direct 1990’s Total Recall — would have been a much better fit, and with this impressively muscular reboot, one senses that Edgar Wright thinks so too.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 6 Apr. 2026
This remote one-road knuckle of land on Scotland’s northwest coast, long known as the Rough Bounds, is defined by its savagely wild terrain.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026
Critics of Dhurandhar, especially reviewers, were savagely attacked on social media by fans.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026
Putin will continue to savagely test our resolve until the costs of his aggression outweigh any possible gain.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026
In a scene straight from a horror movie, Carillo’s stomach was savagely cut open, blood everywhere.
—Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
Relatives said the timing of the broad-daylight attack made Ennin’s death that much more difficult to deal with, knowing that his reward for long-overdue time off was being savagely knifed to death on his first day back at work.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
When servicemen attacked, young men were savagely beaten, some stripped of their zoot suits and left naked and unconscious on the street.
—David Alvarado, Time, 15 Dec. 2025
Paul Verhoeven — whose savagely funny RoboCop came out the same year and was picked by Schwarzenegger to direct 1990’s Total Recall — would have been a much better fit, and with this impressively muscular reboot, one senses that Edgar Wright thinks so too.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for savagely
Adverb
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The dictator’s successor, Ion Iliescu, viciously crushed pro-democracy demonstrations.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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In other words, the fashion and interior design pendulum has viciously swung back about two decades.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Instead, the justices suggested that the board should propose a state law that could impose penalties, such as reductions in attorneys’ fees, for lawyers who act abusively.—
Bob Egelko,
San Francisco Chronicle,
16 Mar. 2026
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When Rabbit asks to be the one to adopt Stacey after her graduation, Evelyn abusively rejects the notion and Rabbit is crushed.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Instead of The Expanse’s sprawling epic of humanity’s journey to the stars, The Captive’s War sees humans brought under the thumb of a ruthlessly controlling alien empire and struggling to resist, build lives and maybe even find a way to win.—
Sarah Lewin Frasier,
Scientific American,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Apollo program was centrally planned and ruthlessly methodical.—
David W. Brown,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The bulk of people experiencing emergency levels of hunger live in Haiti’s northwest region, including Artibonite, which gangs have mercilessly attacked in recent years, razing communities and destroying farmland.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The fans mercilessly booed Shohei Ohtani, who turned down $700 million from the Blue Jays to take $700 million from the Dodgers, and outfielder Kyle Tucker, who turned down $350 million (over 10 years) from the Blue Jays to take $240 million (over four years) from the Dodgers.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Now my son is dead after suffering unmercifully.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The first hour, set at a resort that’s like a singles cruise through the Twilight Zone (or Bachelor in Paradise beamed in from a brutal alternate universe), contains some of the most pitilessly funny scenes of the filmmaker’s career.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Savagely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savagely. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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