Predatory - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpredətɔːrɪ|  American pronunciation of the word predatory
Brit.  |ˈpredət(ə)rɪ|  British pronunciation of the word predatory

adjective

- characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding (syn: marauding)
predatory warfare
- living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey (syn: rapacious, raptorial, vulturine, vulturous)
a predatory bird
- living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain (syn: predaceous, predacious)
predatory capitalists
a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal

Extra examples

...hawks are predatory and pose a danger to rabbits and other pets...

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