0 present participle of savage
1 If an animal savages someone, it attacks them violently and causes serious injuries:
That savaging has caused disastrous damage to an economy that can ill afford to suffer.
They do not mind savaging the trade unions, but when it comes to private enterprise it is a different kettle of fish.
We were denounced for savaging the social services.
I recognise that there is a problem in the rural communities where the dog population is savaging sheep.
I do not think that he was being particularly nasty; it was a gentle savaging of the cotton-wool type.
What steps is he taking to ensure that there will not be increased savaging of sheep by dogs?
One does not make a successful economy by savaging top industrial managers' high earnings.
It would be absolutely catastrophic to begin to approach this matter by deliberately savaging those crucial and important economic links.
