savage
adjective
fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed.
savaged
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past participleof savage.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof savage.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
savageadjectivefierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed.
Example Sentences
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Laughing, he added: "Even if they're not, they might watch anyway in the vague hope that I might get savaged by something."
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Sartre’s disciples savaged him. But his moderation in this way required him to write as he did.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
After Anthony’s dog savaged another man’s hog—hogs being precious in New Netherland—the couple was banished in 1639 to Long Island, where the two started a new life on land the Dutch wished to colonize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
England were savaged back home following the defeat on Saturday.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
When they was gathered by him, he pointed to each Organ of the savaged Fish & he told them of its Use, & he demonstrated which were not from Fish, but Sheep.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
