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Adjective savage has 4 senses
- barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious - (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
Antonym: humane (indirect, via inhumane)
- feral, ferine, savage - wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog"
Antonyms: tame, tamed (indirect, via wild)
- barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild - without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"
Antonyms: civilized, civilised (indirect, via noncivilized)
- ferocious, fierce, furious, savage - marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"
Antonym: nonviolent (indirect, via violent)
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