as in cruelty
disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others
a study of the savagery shown by soldiers in wartime
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Recent Examples of savagery
Unlike his sister Athena (who was associated with military strategy and other relatively civilized aspects of warfare), Ares represented pure savagery.
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Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2025
First of all, of course, the savagery of the crime.
—Hazlitt, 26 Nov. 2024
When the cop asks why the yakuza would do that, Suzie points to their general savagery.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
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.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2025
First of all, of course, the savagery of the crime.
—Hazlitt, 26 Nov. 2024
When the cop asks why the yakuza would do that, Suzie points to their general savagery.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
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.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for savagery
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On Tuesday, May 20, the Orange County District Attorney's Office confirmed in a press release that Alejandro Acosta Oliveros was charged with felony animal cruelty and felony theft of a companion animal.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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Today, the Trump Administration’s theatre of cruelty toward immigrants can be traced to any number of root causes, including racist nostalgia, economic insecurity, and far-right Christian nationalism.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
20 May 2025
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Set in Los Angeles in 2018, with police brutality and the early stages of the Black Lives Matter movement very firmly part of its zeitgeist, Forever begins with Keisha Clark (Lovie Simone) and Justin Edwards (Michael Cooper Jr.) unexpectedly reconnecting at a New Year’s Eve party.—
Ebonie Walker,
Refinery29,
12 May 2025
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The Israeli government is indeed openly promising to commit horrific crimes against Palestinian civilians — brutality even above what the world has seen for the past year and a half.—
Zack Beauchamp,
Vox,
12 May 2025
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“Savagery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savagery. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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