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Synonyms for savagery

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sav-ij-ree

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæv ɪdʒ ri

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Définition of savagery

Origin : 1590s; see savage (adj.) + -ry.

noun cruelty

Example sentences :

There was no stain of savagery upon the delight we had in coming to this spot.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Naturally, there were reports of brutality and savagery, but none were proved.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various

Any other savagery on your part I can stand, and will stand, as a lover should.
Extract from : « The Symposium » by Xenophon

Then you are come to ask pardon for all your crossness, your savagery of this morning?
Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever

And yet this people display some of the grossest elements of savagery.
Extract from : « The American Missionary -- Volume 38, No. 06, June, 1884 » by Various

If it were not for competition we should be living in the woods in a state of savagery.
Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter

The use of charm stones in civilisation and savagery is assuredly parallel.
Extract from : « The Clyde Mystery » by Andrew Lang

Her gentle mother fought her decision with all the savagery of the gentle.
Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber

He awed them, and frightened them with the savagery of his voice and manner.
Extract from : « Other Main-Travelled Roads » by Hamlin Garland

Such tales of cruelty and savagery were told of them as to be almost incredible.
Extract from : « Ranching, Sport and Travel » by Thomas Carson

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