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predatory
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Predatory
(gcide) | Predatory \Pred"a*to*ry\, a. [L. praedatorius, fr. praedari to
plunder, fr. praeda prey. See Prey.]
1. Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine;
plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a
predatory party. "A predatory war." --Macaulay.
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2. Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits. [Obs.]
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Exercise . . . maketh the spirits more hot and
predatory. --Bacon.
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3. (Zool.) Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous.
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predatory
(wn) | predatory
adj 1: characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding;
"bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a
raiding party" [syn: marauding, predatory, raiding]
2: living by preying on other animals especially by catching
living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf";
"raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for
offal" [syn: predatory, rapacious, raptorial,
ravening, vulturine, vulturous]
3: living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain;
"predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in
which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S.
Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological
gangster"- W.E.Swinton [syn: predaceous, predacious,
predatory] |
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predatory animal
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Depredatory
(gcide) | Depredatory \Dep"re*da`to*ry\, a.
Tending or designed to depredate; characterized by
depredation; plundering; as, a depredatory incursion.
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Predatory
(gcide) | Predatory \Pred"a*to*ry\, a. [L. praedatorius, fr. praedari to
plunder, fr. praeda prey. See Prey.]
1. Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine;
plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a
predatory party. "A predatory war." --Macaulay.
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2. Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits. [Obs.]
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Exercise . . . maketh the spirits more hot and
predatory. --Bacon.
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3. (Zool.) Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous.
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predatory rapacious raptorial ravening vulturine vulturous
(gcide) | Aggressive \Ag*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. agressif.]
1. Tending or disposed to aggress; having or showing
determination and energetic pursuit of one's own ends at
the expense of others or mindless of others' needs or
desires; characterized by aggression; making assaults;
unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person,
nation; an aggressive businessman; an aggressive
basketball player; he was aggressive and imperious in his
convictions; aggressive drivers. Opposite of
unaggressive.
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No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay.
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2. Marked by self-confident ambition, vigorous
competitiveness, energy and initiative; as, an aggressive
young executive.
Syn: enterprising, pushful, pushing, pushy
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3. (Med., Biol.) Tending to grow or spread quickly; as, an
aggressive tumor. [Narrower terms: {invasive (vs.
noninvasive) ] --AS
Syn: fast-growing(prenominal)
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4. Tending to initiate unprovoked attacks; initiating
unprovoked military action; eager to fight; as, aggressive
acts against another country.
Syn: belligerent.
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Note: Narrower related terms: {bellicose, combative,
pugnacious, scrappy, truculent ; {hard-hitting,
high-pressure ; hostile (used of attempts to buy or
take control of a business: "hostile takeover";
"hostile tender offer"); {predatory, rapacious,
raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous . See also:
assertive, hostile, offensive.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. --
Ag*gres"sive*ness, n.
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predatory animal
(wn) | predatory animal
n 1: any animal that lives by preying on other animals [syn:
predator, predatory animal] |
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