Definition of Savaging

1. Verb. (present participle of savage) ¹

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Definition of Savaging

1. savage [v] - See also: savage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Savaging

sav
savable
savableness
savacioun
savage
savaged
savagedom
savagely
savageness
savagenesses
savager
savageries
savagery
savages
savagest
savaging (current term)
savagism
savagisms
savaloy
savaloys
savanilla
savanna
savannah
savannah monitor
savannah monitors
savannahs
savannas
savant
savantish
savants

Literary usage of Savaging

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Illustrated Horse-breaking by Matthew Horace Hayes (1908)
"... and savaging—Kicking and striking out in front—1'awing at night—Pawing back the litter—Rubbing the tail—Sleeping standing—Difficult to harness and ..."

2. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches: A Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1901)
"said he, waving the luckless mouse aloft in the most approved fashion, with one foot on the staircase, and the savaging pack around him. ..."

3. Illustrated Horse Breaking by Matthew Horace Hayes (1889)
"savaging at polo may be easily cured in this manner. ... I confine the expression, "savaging," to the habit some animals have of worrying the object of ..."

4. Sub-Saharan Africa & U.S. National Interests by Don Henk, Anthony D. Marley, John P. Brooks (1998)
"He gives the proponents a fair hearing—-they probably feel their thoughts have been oversimplified and significant nuances ignored—before savaging them. ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"This is the faith that I have held and hold, And this is that wherein I mean to die. n Steep are the seas and savaging and cold In broken waters terrible to ..."

6. Helping Your Child Get Ready for School: With Activities for Children from by Nancy Paulu (1993)
"These historic low oil prices are savaging capital expenditure budgets with cuts of 20 to 40 percent so far. Without investment, reserves cannot be replaced ..."

7. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"As Billy lay supine in the dirt, Alan heard a distant howl, not like a wolf, but like a thing that a wolf had caught and was savaging with its jaws. ..."

8. Illustrated Horse-breaking by Matthew Horace Hayes (1908)
"... and savaging—Kicking and striking out in front—1'awing at night—Pawing back the litter—Rubbing the tail—Sleeping standing—Difficult to harness and ..."

9. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches: A Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1901)
"said he, waving the luckless mouse aloft in the most approved fashion, with one foot on the staircase, and the savaging pack around him. ..."

10. Illustrated Horse Breaking by Matthew Horace Hayes (1889)
"savaging at polo may be easily cured in this manner. ... I confine the expression, "savaging," to the habit some animals have of worrying the object of ..."

11. Sub-Saharan Africa & U.S. National Interests by Don Henk, Anthony D. Marley, John P. Brooks (1998)
"He gives the proponents a fair hearing—-they probably feel their thoughts have been oversimplified and significant nuances ignored—before savaging them. ..."

12. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"This is the faith that I have held and hold, And this is that wherein I mean to die. n Steep are the seas and savaging and cold In broken waters terrible to ..."

13. Helping Your Child Get Ready for School: With Activities for Children from by Nancy Paulu (1993)
"These historic low oil prices are savaging capital expenditure budgets with cuts of 20 to 40 percent so far. Without investment, reserves cannot be replaced ..."

14. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"As Billy lay supine in the dirt, Alan heard a distant howl, not like a wolf, but like a thing that a wolf had caught and was savaging with its jaws. ..."

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