adjective
living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
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Examples
- a predatory bird
- the rapacious wolf
- raptorial birds
- ravening wolves
- a vulturine taste for offal
adjective
excessively greedy and grasping
Synonyms
Examples
- a rapacious divorcee on the prowl
- ravening creditors
- paying taxes to voracious governments
adjective
devouring or craving food in great quantities
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Examples
- edacious vultures
- a rapacious appetite
- ravenous as wolves
- voracious sharks
verb
obtain or seize by violence
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verb
prey on or hunt for
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Examples
- These mammals predate certain eggs
verb
eat greedily
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- he devoured three sandwiches
verb
feed greedily
Synonyms
Examples
- The lions ravened the bodies