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prey
  1. (archaic) Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war
  2. That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim.
  3. A living thing that is eaten by another living thing.
  4. The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.
  5. The victim of a disease.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “Within the animal kingdom, every animal is the prey and food of some other.”
      “Will Ryota be able to sail through the sea of challenges for his survival without falling prey to a tragic fate?”
      “Security-shy residents are allowing themselves to become easy prey for burglars.”
predator
  1. any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms (their prey), primarily for food
  2. someone who attacks and plunders for gain
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  4. Examples:
    1. “While covered in mud, Dutch screamed at the predator, demanding that it kill him immediately, but was duly ignored.”
      “A man without a budgetary plan becomes fair game for every predator in the financial jungle.”
      “Often, parents remark that they have warned their children to be on the lookout for anyone who could be a predator.”
predation
  1. the preying of one animal on others
  2. the action of attacking or plundering
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Once widespread, they have been reduced to few isolated populations by habitat destruction and predation by the introduced red fox.”
      “It is believed that predation by non-native red foxes was the primary reason for the extinction of the dusky pademelon on mainland Australia.”
      “We recorded kleptoparasitism and predation by gulls by ad libitum, continuous sampling of the gridded area, including the air above it.”
predate
  1. A publication, such as a newspaper or magazine, that is issued with a printed date later than the date of issue.
predaceousness
  1. Alternative form of predaciousness
predacity
  1. The quality of being predaceous.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Meanwhile, the country continued to descend deeper into fragmentation, general pauperism, and mutual predacity.”
predaciousness
  1. The quality of being predacious.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The company didn't pursue market dominance via product excellence, but through predaciousness and intimidation.”
predatoriness
  1. The quality of being predatory.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Clare Burt's fine Fosca, her scarred features slowly softening into sweet smiles, also treads a delicate line between predatoriness and passion.”
      “And in the final analysis it was her playful innocence that rescued her from the hypnotizing predatoriness of Zanetti, who comes over here as a monstrous enchanter.”
      “Contrary to the popular image of the innocent masses, corruption and predatoriness are not found exclusively amongst the powerful.”
preyer
  1. One who, or that which, preys
  2. Examples:
    1. “Helmholtz is a representative of the former theory, and preyer of the latter.”
      “Dr. preyer has observed that a hamster sometimes goes five minutes without breathing appreciably after a fortnight's sleep.”
      “The extension of the meaning of words has been studied by Taine, Darwin, preyer, and others.”
predations
  1. plural of predation
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  3. Examples:
    1. “However, they often know very little about these earlier doctrines, which are used by perpetrators to justify their criminal predations.”
      “In many areas the guerrilla movements protect the producers from both the predations of rival groups and from the military.”
      “He reminded his frantically puffing audience that smoking was a well-known antidote to the predations of the great horse fly, or cleg.”
predacities
predators
  1. plural of predator
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Others, such as the clam worm, are active, mobile predators that capture prey in jaws attached to their pharynges.”
      “Voles are an important source of food for many predators, including snakes, hawks, owls, coyotes, weasels, foxes, mink and badgers.”
      “Any animal fairly bristling with long, pointed horns and spikes simply looks ready to fend off any and all would-be predators.”
predates
  1. plural of predate
preyers
  1. plural of preyer
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