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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Savage \Sav"age\, n. 1. A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners. [1913 Webster] 2. A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Savage \Sav"age\ (?; 48), v. t. To make savage. [R.] [1913 Webster] Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf. --Southey. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Savage \Sav"age\ (?; 48), a. [F. sauvage, OF. salvage, fr. L. silvaticus belonging to a wood, wild, fr. silva a wood. See {Silvan}, and cf. {Sylvatic}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness. [1913 Webster] 2. Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts. [1913 Webster] Cornels, and savage berries of the wood. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners. [1913 Webster] What nation, since the commencement of the Christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without Christianity? --E. D. Griffin. [1913 Webster] 4. Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit. [1913 Webster] Syn: Ferocious; wild; uncultivated; untamed; untaught; uncivilized; unpolished; rude; brutish; brutal; heathenish; barbarous; cruel; inhuman; fierce; pitiless; merciless; unmerciful; atrocious. See {Ferocious}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: savage adj 1: (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" [syn: {barbarous}, {brutal}, {cruel}, {fell}, {roughshod}, {savage}, {vicious}] 2: wild and menacing; "a pack of feral dogs" [syn: {feral}, {ferine}, {savage}] 3: 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" [syn: {barbarian}, {barbaric}, {savage}, {uncivilized}, {uncivilised}, {wild}] 4: marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle" [syn: {ferocious}, {fierce}, {furious}, {savage}] n 1: a member of an uncivilized people [syn: {savage}, {barbarian}] 2: a cruelly rapacious person [syn: {beast}, {wolf}, {savage}, {brute}, {wildcat}] v 1: attack brutally and fiercely 2: criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" [syn: {savage}, {blast}, {pillory}, {crucify}]