Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to savage
Participle: savaged
Gerund: savaging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | savage |
| you | savage |
| he;she;it | savages |
| we | savage |
| you | savage |
| they | savage |
Perfect
| I | have savaged |
| you | have savaged |
| he;she;it | has savaged |
| we | have savaged |
| you | have savaged |
| they | have savaged |
Past
| I | savaged |
| you | savaged |
| he;she;it | savaged |
| we | savaged |
| you | savaged |
| they | savaged |
Pluperfect
| I | had savaged |
| you | had savaged |
| he;she;it | had savaged |
| we | had savaged |
| you | had savaged |
| they | had savaged |
Future
| I | will savage |
| you | will savage |
| he;she;it | will savage |
| we | will savage |
| you | will savage |
| they | will savage |
Future Perfect
| I | will have savaged |
| you | will have savaged |
| he;she;it | will have savaged |
| we | will have savaged |
| you | will have savaged |
| they | will have savaged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | savage |
| you | savage |
| he;she;it | savage |
| we | savage |
| you | savage |
| they | savage |
Perfect
| I | have savaged |
| you | have savaged |
| he;she;it | have savaged |
| we | have savaged |
| you | have savaged |
| they | have savaged |
Imperfect
| I | savaged |
| you | savaged |
| he;she;it | savaged |
| we | savaged |
| you | savaged |
| they | savaged |
Pluperfect
| I | had savaged |
| you | had savaged |
| he;she;it | had savaged |
| we | had savaged |
| you | had savaged |
| they | had savaged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would savage |
| you | would savage |
| he;she;it | would savage |
| we | would savage |
| you | would savage |
| they | would savage |
Perfect
| I | would have savaged |
| you | would have savaged |
| he;she;it | would have savaged |
| we | would have savaged |
| you | would have savaged |
| they | would have savaged |
Imperative
| you | savage |
| we | Let's savage |
| you | savage |
Verbs conjugated like 'savage'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'savage'
gavage,
lavage,
ravage,
scavage,
arage,
avale,
damage,
garage,
manage,
sage,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
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.
Sample Sentences
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No matter how anyone might savage me, I should stay strong.
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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:]
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His latest film was savaged by most reviewers.
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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:]
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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:]
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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:]