1.a member of an uncivilized people
2.a cruelly rapacious person
3.(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering;
a barbarous crime
4.wild and menacing;
a ferocious dog
5.without civilizing influences;
barbarian invaders
6.marked by extreme and violent energy;
a ferocious beating
1.attack brutally and fiercely
2.criticize harshly or violently;
The press savaged the new President