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rapacious

adjective as in plundering

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Despite Zelensky’s frequently passionate insistence that only membership of the Western alliance can ensure Ukraine’s survival against its large, rapacious neighbour, it’s clear Nato members remain divided on the issue.

From BBC

However, this hasn’t stopped rapacious real estate interests from pursuing indiscriminate development which poses a threat to wetlands.

From Salon

While the benefits and risks of AI continue to be debated, one thing is clear: The technology is rapacious for power.

We discuss the failure of biopics as a form alongside the need or at least rapacious demand for them.

But it’s a little more complicated than rapacious developers versus hapless birds; there’s plenty of blame to spread around.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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