savage

  1. Adjective.  wild; not cultivated.
  2. Adjective.  barbaric; not civilized.
  3. Adjective.  fierce and ferocious.
  4. Adjective.  brutal, vicious(,) or merciless.
  5. Adjective.  (UK, slang) unpleasant or unfair.
  6. Noun.  (pejorative) An uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian.
  7. Noun.  (figuratively) A defiant person.
  8. Verb.  To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
  9. Verb.  (figuratively) To criticise vehemently.
  10. Verb.  (context, of an animal) To attack with the teeth.

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