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Definitions for: Savagery [n] a brutal barbarous savage act
[n] the trait of extreme cruelty
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: barbarism, barbarity, brutality, brutality, ferociousness, savageness, viciousness
See Also: atrocity, cruelness, cruelty, harshness, inhumanity
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