PREDATORY Synonyms

• hunting and killing other animals for food

• living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain

• living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

• excessively greedy and grasping

• devouring or craving food in great quantities

• having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends

• tending to spread quickly

• characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

• relating to or characteristic of carnivores

• (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals

• understanding with difficulty

• the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)

• immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

• plundering during riots or in wartime

• the act of stealing valuable things from a place

• characteristic of pirates

• characteristic of piracy

• the act of stealing valuable things from a place

• given to taking by force what is desired

• extremely hungry

• devouring or craving food in great quantities

• the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

• given to thievery

• excessively greedy and grasping

• devouring or craving food in great quantities

• take something away by force or without the consent of the owner

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material

• To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities

• To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle

• To feed on carrion or refuse

• The act of searching through refuse for useful material.

• That eats carrion

• hunting and killing other animals for food

• living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain

• characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding

• relating to or characteristic of birds of prey

• living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey