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Meanings of savage in English
Usage of savage in English
1
The people were as truly savage as any South Sea Islanders .
2
The savage has only impulse; the civilized man has impulses and ideas.
3
In her place was a savage thing made of fury and violence.
4
The image of God is defaced in the hearts of the savage.
5
The savage tribesmen burst in the door and crowded into the room.
6
In a short but savage war their entire society was wiped out.
7
The savage draws his ideas of natural causation from observation of himself.
8
In one particular, the training of these savage politicians was never surpassed.
9
He had a savage humility, valuable in a crisis of this sort.
10
He had to find some means to resolve his savage internal conflict.
11
One had the face of a savage; the other was half drunk.
12
The lips of the Vermonter parted in a kind of savage grin.
13
The savage cannot explain it at all; but he can use it.
14
They stalked in proudly, garbed in all the glory of savage splendours.
15
The once savage land is the nucleus of the arts and civilization.
16
The social life has banished simplicity from even the most savage tribe.
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Savage across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
Australia
Less common
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