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PREDACIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
Example:
a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster
Synonyms:
predaceous; predacious; predatory
Classified under:
Similar:
acquisitive (eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Hunting and killing other animals for food
Synonyms:
predaceous; predacious
Classified under:
Similar:
carnivorous ((used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals)
