savage

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

• “a barbarous crime”
• “brutal beatings”
• “cruel tortures”
• “Stalin”
• “;”
• “;”

wild and menacing

• “a ferocious dog”

without civilizing influences

• “barbarian invaders”
• “barbaric practices”
• “a savage people”
• “fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient” Margaret Meade
• “wild tribes”

marked by extreme and violent energy

• “a ferocious beating”
• “fierce fighting”
• “a furious battle”

a member of an uncivilized people

a cruelly rapacious person

attack brutally and fiercely

criticize harshly or violently

• “The press savaged the new President”
• “The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage”