Fierce and violent behaviour (8)

I believe the answer is:

savagery

(Other definitions for savagery that I've seen before include "barbarity" , "uncivilised state" , "Barbarous cruelty" , "Uncivilised condition - fierceness" , "Barbarism, brutality" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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