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verb

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noun (2)

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Recent Examples of savage
Noun
But where Goya would turn savage over Spain’s fortunes, Murillo stayed light, even cutesy. Walker Mimms, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2023 Along the way detailed signs provide information and locations of major incidents like the Bascom Affair and the Battle of Apache Pass, a savage fight between Cochise and 150 warriors and an advance guard of the California Column. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
Adjective
The abrupt end of a placidly unquestioned friendship unleashes a savage emotional battle. Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2022 Prompted by a perfect storm of my mom’s terminal illness and my employer’s savage institutional sexism, the decision had shocked many but also made way for my writing dreams to come true. Sarah Smarsh, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
Verb
Miami’s roster doesn’t even come close to comparing to Philadelphia, even after the Eagles got savaged in free agency by the rest of the league this month. Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025 And all this week, Trump’s White House has savaged the reputation and impugned the integrity of Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, whose accidental inclusion on the national-security adviser’s group chat became the basis of Signalgate. Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for savage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for savage
Adjective
  • Built on the site of an ancient Roman fortress that protected the empire from barbarian invasion, the castle was constructed between the 11th and 14th centuries.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 June 2025
  • In contrast, East Asia witnessed a 300-year period of peace between the 1590s and 1894, broken only by defensive engagements against barbarian incursions and five fairly small two-state wars.
    Michael Mann, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2012
Adjective
  • The Yankees’ brutal offensive malaise stretched past a point anybody could have foreseen with a 1-0, 11-inning loss Monday night.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 17 June 2025
  • Late-stage valuations are inflating again, even as early-stage founders face a brutal fundraising climate.
    Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • Advertisement Dawn of the Dead (1978) There's a credible case to be made that Romero's 1973 movie The Crazies, about a biological weapon that causes residents of a small town to go feral, qualifies as a zombie movie.
    James Grebey, Time, 20 June 2025
  • There are tribes of fast, feral predators that resemble the second coming of neanderthals.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • The game needed overtime — the third game that went beyond regulation in the first four contests of the series — because Edmonton mounted a ferocious comeback after falling into a three-goal first period deficit.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
  • He’s been on a like-a-hurricane live roll lately with his ferocious new band the Chrome Hearts, who make their studio debut on Talkin to the Trees.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • When Iran attacked Israel in 2024 with a barrage of over 300 missiles and drones, around 99% were successfully stopped.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
  • Diddy's alleged reaction to public release of his attack on Cassie Ventura Jane's testimony gave the jury insight into how Diddy reacted when surveillance footage of the rapper attacking Cassie Ventura went public in May 2024.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2025
Adjective
  • Carry-on rules exist for a reason and deliberately ignoring the rules is both rude and inconsiderate to everyone else who is.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
  • Matthews walked out of the home to talk to the suspect but returned to the house, saying Hoskins-Ellis said something rude to him.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Republican tax bill could push food assistance in Colorado into a vicious cycle of funding cuts, increasing mistakes in determining eligibility and further funding cuts to punish those mistakes, Gov. Jared Polis warned in a letter to congressional leaders Friday.
    Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 16 June 2025
  • Plaschke delivers a vicious uppercut to his opponent.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
Adjective
  • Kohlrabi reappears in a soup over apple and shellfish ceviche, while wild asparagus is bathed in rosemary, thyme, and za’atar, then finished with a green jus and osetra caviar.
    Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
  • One reason some in the DNC went Hogg wild in the first place was the youthful progressive activist’s involvement in a $20 million initiative to back younger primary challengers against Democratic incumbents.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025

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