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Savage :: Savage (n.) A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners..

Head-hunter :: Head-hunter (n.) A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and preserving their heads as trophies. The Dyaks of Borneo are the most noted head-hunters.

Wolf :: Wolf (a.) Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf (Canis lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf (C. occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man..

Civilize :: Civilize (v. t.) To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.

Barbarian :: Barbarian (n.) A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity..

Wild :: Wild (superl.) Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America..

Ferocious :: Ferocious (a.) Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious; as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion..

Savagery :: Savagery (n.) Wild growth, as of plants..

Degenerationist :: Degenerationist (n.) A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state..

Savageness :: Savageness (n.) The state or quality of being savage.

Butcherly :: Butcherly (a.) Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell.

Barbarian :: Barbarian (n.) A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state..

Leopard :: Leopard (n.) A large, savage, carnivorous mammal (Felis leopardus). It is of a yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters of black spots along the back and sides. It is found in Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther (Felis pardus) is regarded as a variety of leopard..

Savage :: Savage (a.) Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness..

Civil :: Civil (a.) Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable..

Gospelize :: Gospelize (v. t.) To instruct in the gospel; to evangelize; as, to gospelize the savages..

Buffalo :: Buffalo (n.) A very large and savage species of the same genus (B. Caffer) found in South Africa; -- called also Cape buffalo.

Uncivilization :: Uncivilization (n.) The state of being uncivilized; savagery or barbarism.

Decivilize :: Decivilize (v. t.) To reduce from civilization to a savage state.

Savagely :: Savagely (adv.) In a savage manner.

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