savageries
Acts of cruelty
Savageries are acts of extreme cruelty or brutality.
The word emphasizes violence that seems uncivilized or barbaric: the savageries of war, savageries committed against prisoners.
It can also describe harsh criticism or attack: The reviewer's savageries left the author devastated.
Extremely cruel acts
- brutalitiesActs of savage violence
- massacresBrutal group killings
- carnageWidespread violent death
- bloodshedKilling and wounding
slaughter · cruelties · barbarities · butchery · horrors · warfare · genocide · pogroms
Hunting and consuming prey
- ferocityExtreme violent intensity
- wildnessUntamed, uncontrolled state
- feralWild after domestication
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
survival · hunting · claws · fangs · attacks · territory · aggression · pack
Defeating and seizing control
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- subjugationForcing into submission
- exploitationSelfish use of others
oppression · enslavement · dispossession · extermination · domination · annexation · occupation · persecution
atrocities
Extremely cruel acts
- brutalitiesActs of savage violence
- massacresBrutal group killings
- carnageWidespread violent death
bloodshed · slaughter · cruelties · barbarities · butchery · horrors · warfare · genocide · pogroms · rampages
predation
Hunting and consuming prey
instinct · survival · hunting · claws · fangs · attacks · territory · aggression · pack · primal
conquest
Defeating and seizing control
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- subjugationForcing into submission
exploitation · oppression · enslavement · dispossession · extermination · domination · annexation · occupation · persecution · dehumanization
savagerieskindnesses
Benevolent acts toward others
mercies · compassions · benevolences · clemencies · gentleness
savageriescivilities
Formal polite behaviors
refinements · courtesies · decencies · proprieties · cultivations
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