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Noun savage has 2 senses

savage, barbarian - a member of an uncivilized people
--₁ is a kind of primitive, primitive person
--₁ has particulars:
cannibal, man-eater, anthropophagus, anthropophagite; headhunter, head-shrinker; hunter-gatherer; Vandal; Odoacer, Odovacar, Odovakar
beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat - a cruelly rapacious person
--₂ is a kind of attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter

Derived form: verb savage₁

Verb savage has 2 senses

savage - attack brutally and fiercely
--₁ is one way to assail, assault, set on, attack

Derived forms: noun savage₂, noun savagery₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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savage, pillory, crucify - criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
--₂ is one way to knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s somebody