savaged in English

verb

1

(especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul.

ewes savaged by marauding dogs

synonyms: maul, attack, tear to pieces, lacerate, claw, bite

verb

maul, attack, tear to pieces, lacerate, claw, bite
criticize severely, attack, lambaste, condemn, denounce, pillory, revile, pan, tear to pieces, hammer, slam, do a hatchet job on, crucify, trash, excoriate
pillory, blast, crucify

Use "savaged" in a sentence

1. Black John was savaged by the police.

2. 27 Black John was savaged by the police.

3. Seeing such a terrible sight before his eyes, he was savaged by his enemy's atrocity.

4. 21 The Prime Minister was savaged by the press for failing to take action quickly enough.

5. Not unnaturally, Ministers have savaged the workings of a property tax ever since rates were abolished.

6. There were some who said he was a man whose children had been savaged by a local hound.

7. Time and again he is savaged for speaking on subjects about which his critics claim he knows nothing.

8. His jibe was greeted with howls of laughter as Mr Smith savaged Mr Major during the emergency debate on the economy.