1. (

• savage

) attack brutally and fiercely ;

2. (

• savage ,
• blast ,
• pillory ,
• crucify ,

) criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" ;

1. (

• barbarous ,
• brutal ,
• cruel ,
• fell ,
• roughshod ,
• savage ,
• vicious

) (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" ;

2. (

• feral ,
• ferine ,
• savage

) wild and menacing; "a pack of feral dogs" ;

3. (

• barbarian ,
• barbaric ,
• savage ,
• uncivilized ,
• uncivilised ,
• wild

) 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" ;

4. (

• ferocious ,
• fierce ,
• furious ,
• savage

) marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle" ;