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savagery
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Savagery
(gcide) | Savagery \Sav"age*ry\ (?; 277), n. [F. sauvagerie.]
1. The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.
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A like work of primeval savagery. --C. Kingsley.
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2. An act of cruelty; barbarity.
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The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke,
That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage
Presented to the tears of soft remorse. --Shak.
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3. Wild growth, as of plants. --Shak.
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savagery
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n 1: the property of being untamed and ferocious; "the coastline
is littered with testaments to the savageness of the
waters"; "a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and
color and the throb of drums" [syn: savageness,
savagery]
2: the trait of extreme cruelty [syn: ferociousness,
brutality, viciousness, savagery]
3: a brutal barbarous savage act [syn: brutality, barbarity,
barbarism, savagery] |
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