savaging

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of savage
2. noun A vicious attack or criticism.

   savagings in the newspapers

3. noun Aggressive behavior, by a mother animal toward her offspring

Similar words

feral untamed wild brute brutal barbarian uncivilized barbaric vicious barbarous

Often followed by

the of his a her each by him their