Savagery is fierce cruelty and violence. The savagery of the attack, sheer savagery, acts of savagery.
It is used most in reporting an assault, where the savagery of it is what makes the case notable. The word carries a colonial history, since savage was applied to whole peoples, and that is worth knowing before using it.
1nounsavageryFierce cruelty and violence.
“Visitors were shocked by the savagery of the lions' attack on the zebra.”
savagery is a cruelty.
From savage + -ry.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA