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predacious

[pri-dey-shuhs] / prɪˈdeɪ ʃəs /
ADJECTIVE
meat-eating
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
preying
Synonyms


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She’s predacious, conflicted, at times disorganized — and ultimately unknowable.

From Washington Post Dec. 1, 2022

The picture tells the story of a young woman, Danae, who’s been locked in a high tower by her father to keep her away from predacious men.

From New York Times Aug. 12, 2021

She feels shut out by the city’s predacious, moneyed tribes, battered by its “impenetrable shapes” and “fierce elbows.”

From New York Times Jan. 17, 2020

As she sings, every motive in Lorelei's predacious little soul becomes hilariously clear.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now, four days later, Nukita warned us that a similarly predacious swarm of print and television reporters lay in wait for us in Kathmandu.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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