as in cruelty
disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others
a study of the savagery shown by soldiers in wartime
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Recent Examples of savagery
Then came the October 7, 2023, savagery by Hamas that took the lives of more than 1,200 innocent Jews—40 years after the attack on America’s troops in Beirut.
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
With the facial articulation of a silent film star crossed with the savagery of a post-Saw killer, Art went from underground curiosity to horror icon within a decade.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
This, too, is where savagery lurks—in tedious, monotonous tasks.
—Seema Jilani
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
His portrayals throughout tend toward the gently sentimental, no noble savagery in view.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2025
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The American people must reject this cruelty and extremism.—
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Does their lack of kindness grant you permission to respond with equal insensitivity or even cruelty?—
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For some residents, Good’s killing reopened deep wounds in a city still reckoning with the police murder of George Floyd, which occurred just blocks away in May 2020 and sparked nationwide protests against police brutality.—
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Captured on video, the incident would bring national tensions over police brutality to a head, igniting months of demonstrations around the country.—
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“Savagery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savagery. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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