as in attacked
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
book reviewers mercilessly savaged his latest novel
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Recent Examples of savaged
Reviewers of the play savaged both the director and the writer but sang Burnett’s praises.
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Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which savaged New Orleans and much of the Gulf region, led to a push to better understand how and why these storms occur, and what agencies could do to better prepare.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
Not bad for a film that critics savaged.
—David Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Kraven the Hunter—a Marvel standalone movie starring Aaron Taylor Johnson and Russell Crowe—is being savaged by critics.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
This year, Spotify Wrapped has been savaged by its own users for its uninspired presentation and a lack of personalization.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2024
The movie was savaged by critics and bankrupted United Artists.
—John Johnson Jr., Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
The three critics who reviewed it, savaged it, the devils.
—James Verniere, Boston Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which savaged New Orleans and much of the Gulf region, led to a push to better understand how and why these storms occur, and what agencies could do to better prepare.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
Not bad for a film that critics savaged.
—David Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Kraven the Hunter—a Marvel standalone movie starring Aaron Taylor Johnson and Russell Crowe—is being savaged by critics.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
This year, Spotify Wrapped has been savaged by its own users for its uninspired presentation and a lack of personalization.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2024
The movie was savaged by critics and bankrupted United Artists.
—John Johnson Jr., Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
The three critics who reviewed it, savaged it, the devils.
—James Verniere, Boston Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for savaged
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On August 22, she was attacked while on a Charlotte light train in what police described as an unprovoked stabbing.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Ruben Amorim’s men attacked with precision and purpose at Old Trafford.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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And one of them slammed my face into the subway grates and knocked my tooth out.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Most recently, Hurricane Nicole slammed into Florida as a Category 1 in early November 2022 and Hurricane Zeta smashed into Louisiana as a Category 3 in late October 2020.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Trump, then in his first term as president, scolded police in a social media post for not protecting the statue.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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George Clooney is looking back at one of the more surreal moments from his early Hollywood days — getting personally scolded by the legendary Frank Sinatra.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Savaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/savaged. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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