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Recent Examples of savagely
In footage posted to X by Mayor Eric Adams the next day, dozens of bystanders can be seen filming as Jaden is savagely beaten and then shot.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Often apologizing in between bites, Beard, 40, eats savagely with his hands, squeezing food and mashing it into his mouth.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 6 Apr. 2026
This remote one-road knuckle of land on Scotland’s northwest coast, long known as the Rough Bounds, is defined by its savagely wild terrain.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026
Critics of Dhurandhar, especially reviewers, were savagely attacked on social media by fans.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026
Putin will continue to savagely test our resolve until the costs of his aggression outweigh any possible gain.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026
In a scene straight from a horror movie, Carillo’s stomach was savagely cut open, blood everywhere.
—Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
When servicemen attacked, young men were savagely beaten, some stripped of their zoot suits and left naked and unconscious on the street.
—David Alvarado, Time, 15 Dec. 2025
Paul Verhoeven — whose savagely funny RoboCop came out the same year and was picked by Schwarzenegger to direct 1990’s Total Recall — would have been a much better fit, and with this impressively muscular reboot, one senses that Edgar Wright thinks so too.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Often apologizing in between bites, Beard, 40, eats savagely with his hands, squeezing food and mashing it into his mouth.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 6 Apr. 2026
This remote one-road knuckle of land on Scotland’s northwest coast, long known as the Rough Bounds, is defined by its savagely wild terrain.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026
Critics of Dhurandhar, especially reviewers, were savagely attacked on social media by fans.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026
Putin will continue to savagely test our resolve until the costs of his aggression outweigh any possible gain.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 24 Feb. 2026
In a scene straight from a horror movie, Carillo’s stomach was savagely cut open, blood everywhere.
—Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
When servicemen attacked, young men were savagely beaten, some stripped of their zoot suits and left naked and unconscious on the street.
—David Alvarado, Time, 15 Dec. 2025
Paul Verhoeven — whose savagely funny RoboCop came out the same year and was picked by Schwarzenegger to direct 1990’s Total Recall — would have been a much better fit, and with this impressively muscular reboot, one senses that Edgar Wright thinks so too.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for savagely
Adverb
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Grainy video footage from those protests reveal the brutality of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, who drag students into the street, viciously beat them and then leave them wounded on the ground.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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Taskin then swung one viciously past Awais, a centurion in the first test, who pushed the delivery to short-leg when on 13.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
Adverb
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Ritter has disciplined Menapace after the lawmaker acted rudely or abusively to a committee clerk.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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Instead, the justices suggested that the board should propose a state law that could impose penalties, such as reductions in attorneys’ fees, for lawyers who act abusively.—
Bob Egelko,
San Francisco Chronicle,
16 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Seeing a fellow free agent cut only a few days into rookie minicamp with the Raiders woke up Matsuzawa to the reality that although his place in the international pathway allows for a potentially longer stay on a roster, his spot in the ruthlessly competitive NFL isn’t guaranteed.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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The game plan Chicago drew up on Wednesday was simple, almost ruthlessly so.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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School is where some students learn that mercilessly rejecting others is not only permissible but also necessary, to eliminate competition.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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The Knicks set their eyes on James Harden and attacked him mercilessly.—
Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
Adverb
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Now my son is dead after suffering unmercifully.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The first hour, set at a resort that’s like a singles cruise through the Twilight Zone (or Bachelor in Paradise beamed in from a brutal alternate universe), contains some of the most pitilessly funny scenes of the filmmaker’s career.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Savagely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savagely. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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