as in attacking
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
book reviewers mercilessly savaged his latest novel
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Recent Examples of savaging
But the brutal attack on his girlfriend wasn’t the first time Smith had tried to stop the two pit-bull-and-Catahoua-leopard-mix dogs from savaging someone, according to an affidavit for an arrest warrant filed with the court.
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Natasha Holt,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
For months, the two right-wing media stars had been savaging each other on their respective platforms.
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Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
Natasha Holt,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
For months, the two right-wing media stars had been savaging each other on their respective platforms.
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Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for savaging
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He is accused of attacking a 27-year-old man with a beer mug inside the Hula Bar on Saturday night.
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Liv Morgan controversially interrupted Iyo Sky's coronation, attacking her and forcing a tap-out.
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An on-and-off again rivalry during the primary The two men shared a similar message during the primary, slamming Democrats for mismanaging the state and calling for tax cuts and regulatory rollbacks.
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Also in 2007, Spencer was sentenced concurrently to seven years in prison for choking a woman, slamming her head to the ground, and robbing her of her cellphone, and for smashing into a woman's car and ransacking it, prosecutors said.
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This ancient poem isn’t interested in scolding women for their sexuality, but in the establishment of honor in the elite household.
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The princess hilariously put her little brother in his place by scolding him.
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“Savaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savaging. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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