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
This, too, is where savagery lurks—in tedious, monotonous tasks.
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Seema Jilani
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
For Malice and Push, bringing Williams into the fold tied together their worlds of spirituality and savagery.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 21 July 2025
In the 2000 Loser, Jason Biggs plays Paul, a sweet but unhip Midwestern kid who gets a scholarship to NYU, only to be met with the sneering savagery of his rich-kid roommates.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 July 2025
The savagery on display should be terrifying, but in a world where humans are so divorced from their actions, everything feels plastic, random, pointless.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 July 2025
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Seema Jilani
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
For Malice and Push, bringing Williams into the fold tied together their worlds of spirituality and savagery.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 21 July 2025
In the 2000 Loser, Jason Biggs plays Paul, a sweet but unhip Midwestern kid who gets a scholarship to NYU, only to be met with the sneering savagery of his rich-kid roommates.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 July 2025
The savagery on display should be terrifying, but in a world where humans are so divorced from their actions, everything feels plastic, random, pointless.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for savagery
Noun
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Cobb was arrested and charged with murder in the second degree and cruelty to children in the second degree, both felonies, police said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Gibson was charged with cruelty to animals, taken into custody, and later released on a $20,000 bond.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Her name is Christa Gail Pike, who was convicted of killing 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer three decades ago in a case that made national headlines at the time for its brutality.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Safdie’s presentation of these comments foregrounds Mark’s understanding of what’s profound, and profoundly disturbing, about mixed martial arts, and perhaps all martial arts—the channelling and professionalizing of brutality.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Savagery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savagery. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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