What is the meaning of savagery?

The property of being untamed and ferocious.
- usage: "the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters"; "a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums"
- synonyms: savageness
The trait of extreme cruelty.
- synonyms: ferociousness, brutality, viciousness
A brutal barbarous savage act.
- synonyms: brutality, barbarity, barbarism

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