savage (
http://definr.com/savage)
adj 1: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict
pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal
beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod
treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious
kicks" [syn:
barbarous,
brutal,
cruel,
fell,
roughshod,
vicious]
2: wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog" [syn:
feral]
3: 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" [syn:
barbarian,
barbaric,
uncivilized,
uncivilised,
wild]
4: marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating";
"fierce fighting"; "a furious battle" [syn:
ferocious,
fierce,
furious]
n 1: a member of an uncivilized people [syn:
barbarian]
2: a cruelly rapacious person [syn:
beast,
wolf,
brute,
wildcat]
v 1: attack brutally and fiercely
2: criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new
President"