Noun
1. a member of an uncivilized people
2. a cruelly rapacious person
Verb
1. attack brutally and fiercely
2. criticize harshly or violently;
"The press savaged the new President""The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"Adjective
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"2. wild and menacing;
"a ferocious dog"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"4. marked by extreme and violent energy;
"a ferocious beating""fierce fighting""a furious battle"