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Recent Examples of savagely
In a scene straight from a horror movie, Carillo’s stomach was savagely cut open, blood everywhere.
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Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
Relatives said the timing of the broad-daylight attack made Ennin’s death that much more difficult to deal with, knowing that his reward for long-overdue time off was being savagely knifed to death on his first day back at work.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 7 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
Sher Bahadur Deuba—who had served five terms as Nepal’s Prime Minister, most recently in 2022—and his wife, Arzu Rana, the foreign minister in Oli’s cabinet, were beaten savagely in their home.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The Hurricanes booed savagely on road trips was music to the ears.
—Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
Lean, dark shapes-hungry, savagely eager to pounce upon any food that moved within killing range.
—Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
Relatives said the timing of the broad-daylight attack made Ennin’s death that much more difficult to deal with, knowing that his reward for long-overdue time off was being savagely knifed to death on his first day back at work.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 7 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
Sher Bahadur Deuba—who had served five terms as Nepal’s Prime Minister, most recently in 2022—and his wife, Arzu Rana, the foreign minister in Oli’s cabinet, were beaten savagely in their home.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The Hurricanes booed savagely on road trips was music to the ears.
—Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
Lean, dark shapes-hungry, savagely eager to pounce upon any food that moved within killing range.
—Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for savagely
Adverb
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One kind of viciously efficient profit motive was seeking the destruction of a somewhat different business mode.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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For many, qualifying will represent the fruition of a lifelong, viciously competitive goal.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
20 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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When Rabbit asks to be the one to adopt Stacey after her graduation, Evelyn abusively rejects the notion and Rabbit is crushed.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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As a small rural settlement is swiftly and ruthlessly stripped bare by the twin plagues of a diphtheria epidemic and spreading wildfires, the film eventually descends into a near-literal hellscape, though even when pandemonium takes over on screen, Van Dusen’s formal control never wavers.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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This is a book that treats its characters and incidents seriously and—at its best—ruthlessly.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Mexican authorities and fellow journalists say López Serrano likely ordered the hit because the journalist had mocked the young narco mercilessly in Ríodoce, the weekly co-founded by Valdez.—
Foreign Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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During the War of 1812, the British mercilessly bombarded Fort Henry.—
Gladys Louise Tyler,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 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 15 Feb. 2026.
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