 rapacious |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] excessively greedy and grasping | |
| Synonyms: | voracious ravening | |
| Examples: | "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl" "ravening creditors" "paying taxes to voracious governments" |
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| Related terms: | acquisitive | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | |
| Synonyms: | raptorial ravening vulturine vulturous predatory | |
| Examples: | "a predatory bird" "the rapacious wolf" "raptorial birds" "ravening wolves" "a vulturine taste for offal" |
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| Related terms: | aggressive | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] devouring or craving food in great quantities | |
| Synonyms: | esurient ravening ravenous voracious wolfish edacious | |
| Examples: | "edacious vultures" "a rapacious appetite" "ravenous as wolves" "voracious sharks" |
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| Related terms: | gluttonous | |
| Similar spelling: |
rapaciously |
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