savage

nouns

a member of an uncivilized people
barbarian, savage
a cruelly rapacious person
beast, brute, savage, wildcat, wolf

verbs

attack brutally and fiercely
savage
is derived from
savagery
is a type of (narrower)
attack someone physically or emotionally
"The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
assail, assault, attack, set on
criticize harshly or violently
"The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
blast, crucify, pillory, savage

adjectives

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
"a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious
is derived from
savageness
wild and menacing
"a pack of feral dogs"
feral, ferine, savage
is derived from
savageness
without civilizing influences
"barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"
barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild
is derived from
savageness
marked by extreme and violent energy
"a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"
ferocious, fierce, furious, savage
is derived from
savageness