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savagery

[sav-ij-ree] / ˈsæv ɪdʒ ri /


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Few if any of even Kim Jong-un’s looniest tirades match these posts for their wild-eyed savagery.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Septimius Severus was capable by turns of savagery, cunning, wit and generosity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Zach Cregger’s viral horror hit winds its way methodically to a climax of such hilarious savagery that you’ll scare yourself with how hard you’re laughing.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

This cyclical siphoning becomes a ritual for Agatha, as illustrated by a truly incredible sequence that lets Hahn don through-the-decades drag as she proves that her savagery is timeless.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2024

Order blends into chaos, love into hate, ugliness into beauty, law into anarchy, civility into savagery.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien




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