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PREDATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("predation" is a kind of...):
hunt; hunting (the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts)
Derivation:
predate (prey on or hunt for)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
Synonyms:
depredation; predation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("predation" is a kind of...):
pillage; pillaging; plundering (the act of stealing valuable things from a place)
Derivation:
predate (prey on or hunt for)
