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cannibalistic

ADJECTIVE
man-eating
Synonyms


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The cannibalistic Laestrygonians become towering armored warriors, while other episodes are combined or radically re-imagined, with characters and storylines invented from whole cloth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Young axolotls must be kept separately for months due to cannibalistic behaviour and therefore not yet ready to be re-homed, she said.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

If to be copied can bring death upon the original, this is never more true than in the cannibalistic relationship between art and life.

From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

Mormon crickets are cannibalistic and will feast on each other, dead or alive, if not satiated with protein.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2022

At times of famine, a single blepharisma will begin eating its neighbors; it then enlarges to an immense size and turns into a cannibalistic giant, straight out of any Norse fable.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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