wilding

adjective

Definition of wildingnext
as in feral
living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans a herd of wilding mustangs

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  1. feral
  2. wild
  3. savage
Adjective
  • Research has found that both domestic and feral cats are food sources for coyotes, says Kohl.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Other invasive plant species and plant-hungry feral goats have likely done a number on the isolated plant’s overall population.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of feral
Adjective
  • The peninsula is wild and rugged, and there are not too many roads.
    Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The way those factions intersect with the media, darker corners of the internet and Generic American Capitalism is meant to be represented by series’ title, but nothing here is really wild enough to live up to it.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of wild
Adjective
  • As savage Arctic cold was getting ready to surge south across North America, vivid imagery based on data from weather models showed us what was going to happen.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The 2023 grand marshal is former Arizona Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords, gravely wounded in a savage mass shooting in 2011 that also killed six people.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022
Definition of savage
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“Wilding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wilding. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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