About The Word Savagery
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Savagery
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What's The Definition Of Savagery?
[n] a brutal barbarous savage act
[n] the trait of extreme cruelty Synonyms | Synonyms for Savagery: barbarism | barbarity | brutality | brutality | ferociousness | savageness | viciousness Related Terms | Find terms related to Savagery: See Also | atrocity | cruelness | cruelty | harshness | inhumanity Savagery In Webster's Dictionary \Sav"age*ry\ (?; 277), n. [F. sauvagerie.]
1. The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.
A like work of primeval savagery. --C. Kingsley.
2. An act of cruelty; barbarity.
The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever
wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the
tears of soft remorse. --Shak.
3. Wild growth, as of plants. --Shak.
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