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- adjective Alternative spelling of
predaceous .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
- adjective hunting and killing other animals for food
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Examples
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Not only the owl, but many other birds more familiarly known as predacious in their habits, are useful by destroying great numbers of mice and moles.
Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 02 (historical) 1874
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Not only the owl, but many other birds more familiarly known as predacious in their habits, are useful by destroying great numbers of mice and moles.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841
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Surely he could turn into something predacious or better.
A Principle Ulysses 2009
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Surely he could turn into something predacious or better.
A Principle Ulysses 2009
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The United States has been among the worst of the meddlers: U.S. forces fought predacious warlords at the wrong time, backed some of the same predacious warlords at the wrong time, and consistently failed to appreciate the twin pulls of clan and religion.
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Just as acquiesing to monica lewinskis predacious actions were not a liability to executing the duties and governance responsibilitiesas President of the United States
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Based on his record heis a predacious opportunist.
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"If Hagen Stehr can solve the issues surrounding breeding predacious fish, he'll have a sustainable product that will last forever," says Barbara Block, a professor ... var news_amount = 2;
Johann Hari: Could We Be the Generation that Runs out of Fish? 2009
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Though he is a master prose stylist -- he speaks of a tarantula's "" measured octave tread '' and a villain's eyes "" like lead slag poured into borings to seal away something virulent or predacious '' -- McCarthy is best appreciated for his utter unpredictability.
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"If Hagen Stehr can solve the issues surrounding breeding predacious fish, he'll have a sustainable product that will last forever," says Barbara Block, a professor ... var news_amount = 1;
Mairi Beautyman: How Robert De Niro Should Deal with the Nobu Tuna Scandal 2008
bilby commented on the word predacious
"They suffer little more from the invading Yankees than do the proudest Mexicans. Indeed, the true conflict and injustice occur between the old Californians, Indian or Spanish, and the predacious vanguard of the Anglo-Saxon conquest."
- Carl Van Doren, 'The American Novel'.
September 20, 2009