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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a savage response" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a reaction that is fierce, brutal, or harsh, often in a confrontational context.
Example: "Her savage response to the criticism left everyone in the room speechless."
Alternatives: "a brutal reply" or "a fierce reaction."
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His proposals elicit a savage response from others in the sector.
It reckons it can clamp down whenever it feels threatened," observes a political analyst.The commander of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard, General Yahya Safavi, recently provided a savage response to the "threat" of liberalism.
The death penalty is a savage response to crime".
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Rolnik's initial comments triggered an equally savage response from the Tories when she first made them.
Trump's Saturday tweet brought a slew savage responses from NBA athletes and celebrities, including Kobe Bryant, Ava DuVernay and Jemele Hill, who was attacked by Trump last week.
"The crushing of David Cameron" (page 1); "Dave's ready to rake in millions" (pages 6-7); "From election hero to oblivion in 16 months" (page 7); "He's angry, vengeful and broken by the loss of power" (pages 8-9); and Peter Oborne's savage response, "How tragic that by flouncing off to make a mint, Dave's (yet again) shown he's the heir to Blair" (page 16).
Crowds bite back at savage response to Duncan Storrar's simple Q&A question (Fairfax Media).
Journalists, activists, even some politicians, have written elegiac columns and essays on the savage response to the rebellion in Kashmir.
But I don't think it was that polite .Ms Merridale highlights the increasingly savage response of the authorities when defeat loomed after Hitler's surprise attack.
McCarthy can expect more challenges — and tense encounters — in the coming months as he deals with a powerful rival in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif ., who brings D-Calif .f experience and a reputation for savvy and at times savage responses to her Republican counterparts.
Immediate, savage responses — George W. Bush, rather than Reagan — can work in one contained area and fail more broadly.
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