savage
adjective
fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed.
savaging
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present participleof savage.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Landau was aware of what constituted crowd appeal, but is too good-natured to savage many of the people along the way who perhaps deserve savaging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
It emphasized the long-standing national tradition of cartoons savaging public figures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
People would keep one eye on their bank accounts for missed deposits and the other on Wall Street, where concerns over the nation's creditworthiness could be savaging the value of people's life savings.
From Reuters ● May 23, 2023
That nightmare will recur on a fiendish loop, howling through the coming years and decades, savaging Duke-lovers with groans and winces.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2022
Crookshanks darted up first; he had evidently pressed his paw to the knot on the trunk, because Lupin, Pettigrew, and Ron clambered upward without any sound of savaging branches.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
