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predatory::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | predaceous, predacious |
predatory capitalists.
a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal.
Examples of predatory
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These highly predatory fish are also believed to have been illegally introduced.
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Only when the creditors sued did the airlines plead guilty to predatory pricing.
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This is Americanism, the only predatory ideology to deny that it is an ideology.
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They are a predatory kleptocracy that will tell any lie, no matter how horrific.
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Cliff-dwelling birds are, of course, easily accessible by other predatory birds.
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Loans putting borrowers at high risk of default also are often called predatory.
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The images are set to change ideas about the giant squid's predatory techniques.
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He'll be tying two patterns that bass and big predatory trout find irresistible.
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The lion is a predatory carnivore who manifest two types of social organization.
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- Marauding: characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party"
- Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"
- Predaceous: living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton
- In ecology, predation describes a biological interaction where a predator (an organism that is hunting) feeds on its prey (the organism that is attacked).Begon, M., Townsend, C., Harper, J. (1996). '''' (Third edition). Blackwell Science, London. ...
- (Predatorious) House, also known as House, M.D., is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The program was conceived by David Shore and Paul Attanasio; Shore is credited as creator. The show's central character is Dr. ...
- Living by preying on others (adjective) [synonym = predacious. The spelling predaceous is incorrect].^15
- Preying on, plundering, or piratical
- Hunting and killing others
