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savage en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɛvəd͡ʒ/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈsavɪd͡ʒ/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
• (US) audio
• /ˈsævɪd͡ʒ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsævəd͡ʒ/ (Australia)

Etymology

From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, untamed”), from Late Latin salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”), from silva (“forest; grove”). Doublet of sylvatic.

Meanings

1. Wild; not cultivated or tamed.
   • Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage / And make a Northwest Passage to the sea. 1981, Stan Rogers, “Northwest Passage”, in Northwest Passage, Dundas, Ontario: Fogarty's Cove Music:
   • The Englishman had extracted the heavy spear from the body of the lion, so that when he went into the forest to hunt that morning he had a feeling of much greater security than at any time since they had been cast upon the savage shore. 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 193:
   • a savage wilderness
   • a savage forest
2. Barbaric; not civilized.
   • What nation since the commencement of the Christian era ever arose from savage to civilized without Christianity? 1826 September, Edward D. Griffin, “Sermon IV. […] ”, in The National Preacher, volume 1, number 4, page 51:
   • savage manners
   • I obſerv'd a Place where there had been a Fire made, and a Circle dug in the Earth, like a Cockpit, where it is ſuppoſed the Savage Wretches had ſat down to their inhumane Feaſtings upon the Bodies of their Fellow-Creatures. 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, pages 194–195:
   • Her back was toward the jungle, and so she did not see the grasses part, or the savage face that peered from between. Little, bloodshot, close-set eyes scanned her intently, roving from time to time about the open beach for indications of the presence of others than herself. 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 193:
   • It is so absurd to advance into the presence of savage royalty after the fashion of an Irishman driving a pig to market, for that is what we looked like, and the idea nearly made me burst out laughing then and there. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
3. Primitive; lacking complexity or sophistication.
4. Fierce and ferocious.
   • Muſick has Charms to ſooth a ſavage Breaſt, / To ſoften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak. 1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 1:
   • a savage spirit
   • savage beasts
5. Brutal, vicious, or merciless.
   • Mr. Lightfoot, 31, returned to the witness stand for the second day and continued a harrowing, first-person account of the savage beating that he received in July 2012, when, Bronx prosecutors contend, the officers decided to teach him a lesson. 2016 April 18, Winnie Hu with Kate Pastor, “Ex-Inmate Describes Rikers Beating as ‘Open Season’ for Guards on Trial”, in The New York Times:
   • Fear of their cargo bred a savage cruelty into the crew. One captain, to strike terror into the rest, killed a slave and dividing heart, liver and entrails into 300 pieces made each of the slaves eat one, threatening those who refused with the same torture. Such incidents were not rare. 1963, C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins, 2nd Revised edition, page 9:
   • The woman was killed in a savage manner.
   • He gave the dog a savage kick.
   • The fight is not all one-sided. Lion is taking a savage beating as the two flagships trade body blows almost independent of the furious carronade going on behind them. 2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 14:13 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022:
6. (slang) Of an insult or person: disrespectful, audacious, and either blunt or sarcastic, in a hilarious way.
   • Wow, that was a savage burn. Absolutely no chill.
   • 'Oops, I did it again': Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson's deke was so savage it has a name 2018 February 22, Matt Bonesteel, “(headline)”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2022:
   • A savage new song by Shakira in which the Colombian star, philanthropist and committed believer in the veracity of hips ridicules her former partner Gerard Piqué has logged more than 63m YouTube views in 24 hours, making it the most watched new Latin song in the platform's history. 2023 January 13, Sam Jones, “'Out of your league': Shakira song mocking ex Gerard Piqué breaks YouTube record”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 May 2023:
   • But now Gen Z is coming for them and it's absolutely savage. TikTok comment sections like this one have revealed the fact no one likes millennials and their endless Harry Potter references. 2020 June 18, Diyora Shadijanova, “What Gen Z'ers Really Think of Millennials”, in VICE, archived from the original on 12 May 2023:
   • This match continued the theme from last month as the two cousins started off with heated trash talk. Roman Reigns telling Jey Uso "I will end you..." in the same tone a parent tells their kid "I'm warning you..." was so savage. 2020 October 25, Alfred Konuwa, “WWE Hell In A Cell 2020 Results: Winners, News And Notes On October 25”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2020:
   • Stephen Colbert revealed a savage new campaign slogan for President Donald Trump on Wednesday ― and it came courtesy of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). 2020 May 14, Ron Dicker, “Stephen Colbert Turns Rand Paul Diss Into Grim Campaign Slogan For Trump”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2022:
7. (UK, slang) Unpleasant or unfair.
   • – I'll see you in detention. – Ah, savage!
8. (Ireland, US, slang) Great, brilliant, amazing.
9. (US, slang) Severe, rude, aggressive.
   • – They were so savage to them!

Forms

Antonyms

unheathen · unbarbarous · unsavage · nonbarbarous · nonheathen · non-barbaric · unpagan · cultured · civilized · nonpagan

Deriveds

unsavage · savagism · savagize · Savage Mountain · savageness · savagess · sweet savage romance · demi-savage · Savage River · semisavage · postsavage · savagery · savagedom · savagely · antisavage

Hyponyms

semibarbaric · demi-savage · semisavage

Relateds

medieval · sylvan · wild · impolite · raw · noble savage · primitive · ignorant · rude

Synonyms

uncivil · ferine · unpitying · Gothic · wild · sadistic · unbenign · grim · unkind · diabolic · furious · tameless · incessive · fell · uncivil · demonic · furious · untame · barbarous · remorseless · unbenevolent · wild · nonhumane · sadistic · brutish · pagan · uplandish · rampant · incivil · uncivilized · diabolical · rabid · indomite · ruthless · tameless · raging · barbarous · pagan · bowelless · brutal · barbarious · feral · nasty · uplandish · ferocious · incessive · rabid · inhumane · savage · barbarian · inclement · heathenous · rude · uncouth · volatile · cruel · heathenly · fierce · savage · uncultured · fierce · infuriate · spiteful · tenebrose · indomite · truculent · rotten · grim · heathen · merciless · spiteful · unpitiful · unmerciful · untamed · truculent · ruthless · animalistic · uncultivated · feral · barbarous · brutal · compassionless · pitiless · rough · flagitious · inhuman · barbaric · Gothlike · wolfish · savage · crude · heathenish · savage · despiteful · malicious

Translations (167)

no brutal (brutal, vicious or merciless) · uk ди́кий (wild, not cultivated) · sv vild (wild, not cultivated) · nl onbeschaafd (barbaric, not civilized) · hu brutális (brutal, vicious or merciless) · it selvaggio (barbaric, not civilized) · hi बर्बर (barbaric, not civilized) · la saevus (barbaric, not civilized) · fi raakalaismainen (barbaric, not civilized) · izh metsälliin (barbaric, not civilized) · sl divji (wild, not cultivated) · de wüst (barbaric, not civilized) · nl barbaars (barbaric, not civilized) · be дзіку́нскі (wild, not cultivated) · io sovaja (wild, not cultivated) · de roh (brutal, vicious or merciless) · eo sovaĝa (wild, not cultivated) · hu vérengző (fierce and ferocious) · ka ბარბაროსული (barbaric, not civilized) · uk жорсто́кий (fierce and ferocious) · izh diikkoi (wild, not cultivated) · nl wild (wild, not cultivated) · ru ва́рварский (barbaric, not civilized) · eo sovaĝa (fierce and ferocious) · de unbändig (fierce and ferocious) · fi sivistymätön (barbaric, not civilized) · el άγριος (wild, not cultivated) · fr sauvage (barbaric, not civilized) · sv ociviliserad (barbaric, not civilized) · mk ди́вјачки (brutal, vicious or merciless) · bg безпоща́ден (brutal, vicious or merciless) · de wild (wild, not cultivated) · pt selvagem (barbaric, not civilized) · el πρωτόγονος (barbaric, not civilized) · th ป่าเถื่อน (barbaric, not civilized) · ckb دڕندە (fierce and ferocious) · vi mọi rợ (barbaric, not civilized) · io sovaja (fierce and ferocious) · pl dziki (wild, not cultivated) · fi julma (brutal, vicious or merciless) · hu kegyetlen (brutal, vicious or merciless) · la ferus (barbaric, not civilized) · pt selvagem (brutal, vicious or merciless) · hi बर्बर (brutal, vicious or merciless) · sv okultiverad (barbaric, not civilized) · hi निर्दयी (brutal, vicious or merciless) · th ป่าเถื่อน (brutal, vicious or merciless) · la ferus (brutal, vicious or merciless) · fr féroce (fierce and ferocious) · ka სასტიკი (fierce and ferocious) · hi उग्र (brutal, vicious or merciless) · no grusom (brutal, vicious or merciless) · ru дика́рский (wild, not cultivated) · hu erőszakos (fierce and ferocious) · mk же́сток (brutal, vicious or merciless) · el άγριος (brutal, vicious or merciless) · pl barbarzyński (barbaric, not civilized) · ru одича́вший (wild, not cultivated) · io sovaja (brutal, vicious or merciless) · ota آزولو (fierce and ferocious) · scn sarbaggiu (fierce and ferocious) · mk же́сток (fierce and ferocious) · de wild (barbaric, not civilized) · it crudele (fierce and ferocious) · ar هَمَجِيّ (barbaric, not civilized) · sv grym (brutal, vicious or merciless) · hy վայրենի (barbaric, not civilized) · bg див (wild, not cultivated) · fi raaka (brutal, vicious or merciless) · la silvestris (wild, not cultivated) · ru беспоща́дный (brutal, vicious or merciless) · no vill (wild, not cultivated) · de grausam (brutal, vicious or merciless) · hu civilizálatlan (barbaric, not civilized) · la trux (fierce and ferocious) · ka სასტიკი (brutal, vicious or merciless) · pl zdziczały (wild, not cultivated) · el άγριος (fierce and ferocious) · fr barbare (barbaric, not civilized) · pl bestialski (brutal, vicious or merciless) · sv brutal (brutal, vicious or merciless) · mk дивјачки (barbaric, not civilized) · la barbarus (barbaric, not civilized) · io sovaja (barbaric, not civilized) · nl barbaars (wild, not cultivated) · ka ველური (wild, not cultivated) · ca salvatge (brutal, vicious or merciless) · nl onbeschoft (barbaric, not civilized) · pl okrutny (brutal, vicious or merciless) · hy վայրագ (brutal, vicious or merciless) · mk дивјачки (wild, not cultivated) · ota خشین (brutal, vicious or merciless) · la crūdēlis (brutal, vicious or merciless) · fi villi (fierce and ferocious) · hu vad (wild, not cultivated) · ka უკულტურო (barbaric, not civilized) · uk дику́нський (wild, not cultivated) · no barbarisk (barbaric, not civilized) · hy վայրի (wild, not cultivated) · ru ди́кий (wild, not cultivated) · de barbarisch (brutal, vicious or merciless) · la atrōx (brutal, vicious or merciless) · bg брута́лен (brutal, vicious or merciless) · de rasend (fierce and ferocious) · hy վայրագ (fierce and ferocious) · mk беспо́штеден (brutal, vicious or merciless) · pl brutalny (fierce and ferocious) · la immānis (fierce and ferocious) · th ป่าเถื่อน (wild, not cultivated) · hi उग्र (fierce and ferocious) · ka არაცივილური (barbaric, not civilized) · sv barbarisk (barbaric, not civilized) · id biadab (barbaric, not civilized) · hu barbár (barbaric, not civilized) · la barbarus (wild, not cultivated) · la ferus (fierce and ferocious) · pt selvagem (wild, not cultivated) · hi जंगली (wild, not cultivated) · hi क्रूर (fierce and ferocious) · tr vahşi (wild, not cultivated) · la barbarus (brutal, vicious or merciless) · pt selvagem (fierce and ferocious) · pl niecywilizowany (barbaric, not civilized) · be дзі́кі (wild, not cultivated) · hu elvetemült (brutal, vicious or merciless) · it crudele (brutal, vicious or merciless) · de wütend (fierce and ferocious) · la inhūmānus (brutal, vicious or merciless) · la crūdēlis (barbaric, not civilized) · es salvaje (brutal, vicious or merciless) · it primitivo (barbaric, not civilized) · ota وحشی (fierce and ferocious) · cmn 殘暴 /残暴 (wild, not cultivated) · el άγριος (barbaric, not civilized) · th ป่าเถื่อน (fierce and ferocious) · fa شرزه (fierce and ferocious) · pl brutalny (brutal, vicious or merciless) · ca salvatge (wild, not cultivated) · ru жесто́кий (fierce and ferocious) · cs divoký (wild, not cultivated) · it impietoso (brutal, vicious or merciless) · sk divoký (wild, not cultivated) · es salvaje (barbaric, not civilized) · it feroce (fierce and ferocious) · la saevus (fierce and ferocious) · fr sauvage (wild, not cultivated) · la immānis (barbaric, not civilized) · pl bestialski (fierce and ferocious) · pl okrutny (fierce and ferocious) · scn sarbaggiu (wild, not cultivated) · scn sarbaggiu (barbaric, not civilized) · hi क्रूर (brutal, vicious or merciless) · pl bezlitosny (brutal, vicious or merciless) · ca salvatge (barbaric, not civilized) · no rasende (fierce and ferocious) · it selvaggio (wild, not cultivated) · it brutale (fierce and ferocious) · de unbebaut (barbaric, not civilized) · tr barbar (barbaric, not civilized) · eo feroca (fierce and ferocious) · ka უხეში (barbaric, not civilized) · hu műveletlen (wild, not cultivated) · ia salvage (wild, not cultivated) · izh villi (wild, not cultivated) · es salvaje (wild, not cultivated) · ar مُتَوَحِّش (wild, not cultivated) · fi villi (wild, not cultivated)

savage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɛvəd͡ʒ/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈsavɪd͡ʒ/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
• (US) audio
• /ˈsævɪd͡ʒ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsævəd͡ʒ/ (Australia)

Etymology

From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, untamed”), from Late Latin salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”), from silva (“forest; grove”). Doublet of sylvatic.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, historical) A member of a traditional, nonindustrialised society or indigenous tribe or other group, typically living closely with nature outside of the infrastructure of urbanized civilization.
   • Although he shows traces of the Romantic belief in the felicity of the savage, these are not numerous or important and there is no suggestion in his work that mankind could or should revert to a primitive life-style. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 411:
   • The natives here, even those who seem to be of pare Papuan race, were much more reserved and taciturn than those of Ké. This is probably because I only saw them as yet among strangers and in small parties. One must see the savage at home to know what he really is. 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 206:
   • In the year 1879, when the Utes succeeded in getting some United States troops into what was afterwards known as Thornburg's "rat hole," several mounted couriers succeeded in slipping through the circling line of savages. 1901 July 19, “Horses in time of War”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 10, page 296:
   • When Davey grasped spears and wommera it was impossible to recognize in this painted savage the alert, nattily dressed tracker. 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 77:
   • 'Well, my lord, I don't know,' said Freeman with a sort of jolly sneer; 'we have been dining with the savages.' 'They are not savages, Freeman.' 'Well, my lord, they have not much more clothes, anyhow; and as for knives and forks, there is not such a thing known.' 1847, Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred: or The New Crusade, page 251:
   • The glimpse of the steamboat had for some reason filled those savages with unrestrained grief. 1899 March, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number MI, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part II, page 491:
2. (figuratively) An aggressively defiant person.
   • Their kids are little savages! One of them bit me the other day.
3. (slang) Someone who speaks in an audacious, hilarious, and often sarcastic manner.
   • It was on Dec. 29 that TikTok star Liv Pearsall posted a video titled "7 Times Elmo Was an Absolute Savage," in which the star with more than 2.7 million followers lip-synced to various Elmo-ments. 2022 January 6, Kalhan Rosenblatt, “Elmo's feud with a pet rock has consumed the internet”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 29 May 2023:
   • "Sometimes they would stay up while she'd have a whole new guy in a relationship," she wrote in a comment. "LMFAO she is a savage." 2022 August 31, Emily Lefroy, “I 'hard launch' my first dates on Instagram: Confident or unhinged?”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2022:
4. (obsolete) A wild and ferocious beast.
   • The torch-eyed ſavage, with growl tremendous, riſing up, diſlocated at one blow the arched neck of Sadit's Arabian ſteed, and brought the unfortunate omrah to the duſt, expiring between his extended claws. 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 7:

Forms

Translations (62)

sl divjakinja (uncivilized or feral person) · niq korom (uncivilized or feral person) · sh divljàkuša (uncivilized or feral person) · uk дику́нка (uncivilized or feral person) · la barbarus (uncivilized or feral person) · ar هَمَجِيّ (uncivilized or feral person) · sk divoška (uncivilized or feral person) · sh дивља̀куша (uncivilized or feral person) · vi người dã man (uncivilized or feral person) · sl divjak (uncivilized or feral person) · ka ველური (uncivilized or feral person) · be дзіку́нка (uncivilized or feral person) · acw وحش (aggressively defiant person) · cs divoška (uncivilized or feral person) · fi villi (uncivilized or feral person) · ru бунта́рка (aggressively defiant person) · ru дика́рь (uncivilized or feral person) · cs divoch (uncivilized or feral person) · ja 野蛮人 (uncivilized or feral person) · mk дивјак (uncivilized or feral person) · nb villmann (uncivilized or feral person) · uk дику́н (uncivilized or feral person) · sv vilde (uncivilized or feral person) · el άγριος (uncivilized or feral person) · mk дивјачка (uncivilized or feral person) · acw وحشة (aggressively defiant person) · pl dzikus (uncivilized or feral person) · ca salvatge (uncivilized or feral person) · be дзіку́н (uncivilized or feral person) · hy վայրենի (uncivilized or feral person) · cmn 野蠻人 /野蛮人 (uncivilized or feral person) · fr sauvage (uncivilized or feral person) · de Wilde (uncivilized or feral person) · io sovajo (uncivilized or feral person) · el άγριος (aggressively defiant person) · de Wilder (uncivilized or feral person) · ru бунта́рь (aggressively defiant person) · hi जंगली (uncivilized or feral person) · la ferus (uncivilized or feral person) · de Barbarin (uncivilized or feral person) · sh дивља̀киња (uncivilized or feral person) · sv barbar (uncivilized or feral person) · sh divljàkinja (uncivilized or feral person) · ru варвар (uncivilized or feral person) · pt selvagem (uncivilized or feral person) · ru дика́рка (uncivilized or feral person) · ka უკულტურო (uncivilized or feral person) · bg дива́чка (uncivilized or feral person) · pl dzikuska (uncivilized or feral person) · it selvaggio (uncivilized or feral person) · tpi bus kanaka (uncivilized or feral person) · ar مُتَوَحِّش (uncivilized or feral person) · de Barbar (uncivilized or feral person) · hi बर्बर (uncivilized or feral person) · ko 야만인 (uncivilized or feral person) · hu vadember (uncivilized or feral person) · sk divoch (uncivilized or feral person) · fi villi-ihminen (uncivilized or feral person) · bg дива́к (uncivilized or feral person) · sh dìvljāk (uncivilized or feral person) · sh дѝвља̄к (uncivilized or feral person) · de roher Mensch (uncivilized or feral person)

savage en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɛvəd͡ʒ/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈsavɪd͡ʒ/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
• (US) audio
• /ˈsævɪd͡ʒ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsævəd͡ʒ/ (Australia)

Etymology

From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, untamed”), from Late Latin salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”), from silva (“forest; grove”). Doublet of sylvatic.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
   • No matter how anyone might savage me, I should stay strong.
   • But that was only the start, because the Fletchers - (obviously) carrying two torpedo launchers - were only launching half-salvos, so one full wave of torpedoes had driven off the cruisers after having savaged the destroyers, aaand then it was a case of, well, here come twenty-five destroyers, here comes^([sic]) two hundred and fifty torpedoes, hello Japanese battleships, dodge this! 2019 March 6, Drachinifel, 26:48 from the start, in The Battle of Samar (Alternate History) - Bring on the Battleships!, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2022:
2. (figuratively, transitive) To criticise vehemently.
   • The first sparks came on Thursday night, with a blistering speech from Ben Shapiro[…] who bemoaned the “frauds” and “grifters” in the movement, and went on to savage by name a roster of powerful right-wing figures. 2025 December 20, Richard Fausset, Ken Bensinger, “Turning Point’s Annual Gathering Turns Into a Gripefest”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
   • His latest film was savaged by most reviewers.
   • British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far. 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
3. (of an animal, transitive) To attack with the teeth.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To make savage.
   • Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf. 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:

Forms

Translations (14)

it assalire (to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint) · el κατασπαράσσω (to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint) · de beleidigen (to criticise vehemently) · de beißen (to attack with the teeth) · el καταδαγκώνω (to attack with the teeth) · ru набрасываться (to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint) · no slakte (to criticise vehemently) · de herfallen über (to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint) · de bestürmen (to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint) · de zerfleischen (to attack with the teeth) · ru разносить (to criticise vehemently) · el καυτηριάζω (to criticise vehemently) · de anfallen (to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint) · de angreifen (to attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint)