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savage

[sav-ij] / ˈsæv ɪdʒ /




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“The water comes out in very fast movements, with a high velocity, and it scrapes away all these materials” from the valley, said Sattar, creating a “hyper-concentrated” flood that is savage in its power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

On its release, BBC music correspondent Mark Savage described West End Girl as "a savage and startlingly detailed portrait of a marriage being torn apart".

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Fears that artificial intelligence products will butcher the business models of software-as-a-service companies has caused savage selling in their stocks.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

“We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

The soils are fragile red laterite and the rain is savage.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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