Hyphenation of savage

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word savage ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

sav-age

Definitions of savage :

1.	A member of an uncivilized people
2.	A cruelly rapacious person
3.	Attack brutally and fiercely
4.	Criticize harshly or violently The press savaged the new President The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage
5.	(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
6.	Wild and menacing A pack of feral dogs
7.	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
8.	Marked by extreme and violent energy A ferocious beating Fierce fighting A furious battle

Synonyms of savage :

adj	barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, vicious, inhumane
adj	feral, ferine, wild, untamed
adj	barbarian, barbaric, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild, noncivilized, noncivilised
adj	ferocious, fierce, furious, violent
noun	barbarian, primitive, primitive person
noun	beast, wolf, brute, wildcat, attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
verb	assail, assault, set on, attack
verb	pillory, crucify, knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.