savagery
sa vi je ree
- n the property of being untamed and ferocious
a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums - n the trait of extreme cruelty
- n a brutal barbarous savage act
- From the testimony, she emerged as a simple, stoic girl who resigned herself to her early mistreatment, only to become too numbed and weakened by its later savagery to resist.
- While savagery like El Verdugo's might evoke a Hollywood gangster movie, it has become a grim reality of life in some Mexican border towns.
- And there is savagery by proxy, the savagery of the South Korean police and (in some sectors) South Korean marines upon whom we rely for contact with the population and for .