S: (v) savage, blast, pillory, crucify (criticize harshly or violently) "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
Adjective
S: (adj) barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious ((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"
S: (adj) barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild (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"
S: (adj) ferocious, fierce, furious, savage (marked by extreme and violent energy) "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"