savage
To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraintTo attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
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Translations
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Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
No matter how anyone might savage me, I should stay strong.
angreifen, anfallen, bestürmen
набрасыватьсяnabrasyvatʹsja
(figuratively, transitive)To criticise vehemently.
His latest film was savaged by most reviewers.
beleidigen
разноситьraznositʹ
(transitive)To attack with the teeth.
beißen, zerfleischen
(obsolete, transitive)To make savage.
- attack brutally and fiercely
- criticize harshly or violently
Origin
From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, untamed”), from LateFrom Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, untamed”), from Late Latin salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”), from silva (“forest; grove”). Doublet of sylvatic.
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Forms
savages, savaging, savaged, savagedTenses
savage · savaged · will savage · have savagedSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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