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How to pronounce voracious in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, wolfish
Derivation voraciousness, voracity


voracious sharks.
Type Words
Synonyms rapacious, ravening
Derivation voraciousness


paying taxes to voracious governments.

Examples of voracious

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Pregnant friends affirm similar cravings for junk food and a voracious appetite.
From the newscientist.com
The other 22 now have a voracious demand for road, rail, and air infrastructure.
From the businessweek.com
Human beings are also voracious consumers of information, Professor Wilson said.
From the nytimes.com
In the early 1860s France was invaded by a tiny aphid with a voracious appetite.
From the newscientist.com
Our two daughters are voracious readers, fine writers and successful young women.
From the kentucky.com
Argentine readers are among Latin America's most voracious newspaper consumers.
From the bbc.co.uk
Its voracious economy has created an enormous relatively debt-free marketplace.
From the washingtontimes.com
Vietnam was a voracious maw that never stopped sucking in people and resources.
From the time.com
You find your most voracious eater and set him or her loose on the invading crop.
From the usatoday.com
More examples
  • Rapacious: excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments"
  • Edacious: devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"
  • (voraciously) in an eagerly voracious manner; "she reads voraciously"
  • (voraciousness) greediness: an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts); "the greediness of lawyers"
  • (voracity) edacity: excessive desire to eat
  • (Voracity) is greediness or extreme hunger but it can sound very much like veracity if the O in the first syllable is not clearly pronounced: Mildred's voracity for romance novels is as great as her love of chocolates.
  • (adj) - ravenous; insatiable need to pursue
  • Eating greadily or in large quantities.