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Savageness

The state or quality of being savage.

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Ferocity 76% connected

Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance.

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Fury 76% connected

A thief.

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Vehemence 76% connected

The quality pr state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; as, the vehemence.

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Violence 76% connected

The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force.

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Wildness 76% connected

The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; dis…

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Savage 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

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Savage 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

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Savagery 92% connected

The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.

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