savagery
/ˈsævɪdʒəri/
noun
- Extreme violence or cruelty.
- The police were shocked by the savagery of the crime scene.
- The savagery of the war was beyond imagination.
- The documentary showed the savagery of the ancient gladiator fights.
- The condition of being primitive or uncivilized (often used in a historical context).
- The explorers believed they were bringing civilization to a land of savagery.
- The novel contrasts the savagery of the jungle with the order of the city.
- Some early anthropologists used the term savagery to describe hunter-gatherer societies.
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