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# savagery

«savagery» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very cruel and violent behaviour** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (savagery, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very cruel and violent behaviour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/savagery/#m1)

2) Fierce wildness, as in the savagery of a storm or a wild animal attack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/savagery/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons about wars, savagery means great cruelty. In nature films, the savagery of a predator's attack. In stories it tells the reader something is shocking and brutal. Note: in old books «savage» was used as an insulting word for people of other cultures; today we know that was wrong and unkind.

### examples

- The savagery of the battle shocked everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/savagery/#x1)
- The storm hit the coast with savagery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/savagery/#x2)
- The lion attacked with sudden savagery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/savagery/#x3)
- People were horrified by the savagery of the crime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/savagery/#x4)
- The book shows the savagery of war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/savagery/#x5)
- The weasels fought with savagery, but Badger's band won. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/savagery/#x6)
- They pursued him with a savagery which he could not distinguish from hatred, and they swished him well whenever they got the chance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/savagery/#x7)

### note

From «savage» + «-ry». Uncountable. Old books calling whole peoples «savages» show a wrong, racist idea that is not accepted today.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «savagery» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/savagery/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.