"savagery" in the noun sense
1. savageness, savagery
the property of being untamed and ferocious
"the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters"
"a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums"
2. ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, savagery
the trait of extreme cruelty
3. brutality, barbarity, barbarism, savagery
a brutal barbarous savage act
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