savagery
noun
sav·age·ry
ˈsa-vij-rē 
-vi-jə-
plural savageries
1
a
: the quality of being savage
b
: an act of cruelty or violence
2
: an uncivilized state
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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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But where Succession is fundamentally a family saga about the jaded rich, Industry focuses on fresh converts to the savagery and excesses of the business world.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2024
The genocide was a spasm of barely imaginable butchery and savagery.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 July 2024
The film’s finale, in which the exhausted Deckard is terrorized and then saved by Rutger Hauer’s replicant leader Roy Batty, is the film’s most moving fight with Batty’s savagery and humanity in perfect equilibrium.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
But an uptick in savagery was not by itself responsible for the changes of the last decade.
—Graeme Wood, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2024
The genocide was a spasm of barely imaginable butchery and savagery.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 July 2024
The film’s finale, in which the exhausted Deckard is terrorized and then saved by Rutger Hauer’s replicant leader Roy Batty, is the film’s most moving fight with Batty’s savagery and humanity in perfect equilibrium.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
But an uptick in savagery was not by itself responsible for the changes of the last decade.
—Graeme Wood, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
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“Savagery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/savagery. Accessed 20 Aug. 2024.
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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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