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Adam
Proper noun
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Adam is a male given name.
savage
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adjective
(= barbarous, brutal, cruel, roughshod, vicious)
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
a barbarous crime
brutal beatings
cruel tortures
Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
a savage slap
vicious kicks
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noun
a member of an uncivilized people
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adjective
(= feral)
wild and menacing
a pack of feral dogs
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adjective
(= barbarian, barbaric, uncivilized, wild)
without civilizing influences
barbarian invaders
barbaric practices
a savage people
fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient
— Margaret Meade
wild tribes
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verb
(= crucify)
criticize harshly or violently
The press savaged the new President
The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage
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verb
attack brutally and fiercely
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noun
(= beast)
a cruelly rapacious person
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adjective
(= ferocious, fierce, furious)
marked by extreme and violent energy
a ferocious beating
fierce fighting
a furious battle