[U] behaviour that is very cruel and violent:
The police were shocked by the savagery of the attacks. * She replied with a savagery that took him by surprise.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for savagery is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is savagery a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, savagery is tagged as noun.
Does savagery appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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