savage
/ˈsævɪd͡ʒ/ verb C2- To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint. · No matter how anyone might savage me, I should stay strong.
- To criticise vehemently. · His latest film was savaged by most reviewers.
- To attack with the teeth.
He/she/it savages · Past savaged · Past participle savaged · -ing form savaging
Verb forms
- Base form
- savage
- He/she/it
- savages
- Past
- savaged
- Past participle
- savaged
- -ing form
- savaging
From the library
I have a vivid recollection of that instant, of Holmes’ triumphant expression and the ring of his voice, of the cabman’s dazed, savage face, as he glared at the glittering handcuffs, which had appeared as if by magic upon his wrists.
He heard her savage hiss as the stroke missed.
And if he fights--O Rikki!” He looked at the thickness of the neck below the hood, but that was too much for him; and a bite near the tail would only make Nag savage.
won’t she be savage if I’ve kept her waiting!” Alice felt so desperate that she was ready to ask help of any one; so, when the Rabbit came near her, she began, in a low, timid voice, “If you please, sir—” The Rabbit started violently, dropped the white kid gloves and the fan, and skurried away into the darkness as hard as he could go.
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