savagery
noun
sav·age·ry
ˈsa-vi-jə-rē 
ˈsa-vij-rē
plural savageries
1
a
: the quality of being savage
b
: an act of cruelty or violence
2
: an uncivilized state
Examples of savagery in a Sentence
The savagery of the attack was horrifying.
an act of pure savagery
the savageries committed by the soldiers
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On that day, Islamist terrorists committed the worst savagery against the Jewish people since the Holocaust.
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Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
The Guardsmen in McPherson Square, ferried there by U.S. Park Service personnel, seemed a world removed from crime and savagery and scum.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
There, Pete confesses to his role in the savagery that led to Natalie and Matt’s deaths.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025
Survivors describe ethnic cleansing of almost unimaginable savagery.
—Nicholas Kristof, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2025
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Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
The Guardsmen in McPherson Square, ferried there by U.S. Park Service personnel, seemed a world removed from crime and savagery and scum.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
There, Pete confesses to his role in the savagery that led to Natalie and Matt’s deaths.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025
Survivors describe ethnic cleansing of almost unimaginable savagery.
—Nicholas Kristof, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Savagery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/savagery. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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savagery
noun
sav·age·ry
ˈsav-ij-(ə-)rē
plural savageries
1
: savage disposition or action : cruelty
2
: the state of being savage
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