savaged
SaySAV-ijd/ˈsævɪd͡ʒd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of savage.
Critics savaged the film for its weak plot and wooden acting.
The lone hiker was savaged by a bear and barely survived the encounter.
Note
One spelling does both jobs, as with most regular verbs: the critics savaged it, and it was savaged by the critics. Every sense of the verb takes an object, so the passive comes easily. It carries both the literal attack with teeth (a hiker savaged by a bear) and the figurative mauling by reviewers. An older meaning, 'made savage', is obsolete; today the form means attacked.
savaged is a form of savage
savage, verb: To attack someone or something fiercely and without holding back. Full entry
- Spelling
- savage → savaged: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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