predatory
adjective
preying upon other organisms for food.
predatoriness
-
a word derived from
predatory.
Example Sentences
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He becomes more an abstraction of wealth and predatoriness.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2025
And that’s not just because he is, still, so passionately defended by some – including, most recently, Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross – while he also, simultaneously, did so little to mask his predatoriness.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2019
In a general way we mean how our species’ excessive predatoriness has made the entire planet our prey.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
“The sole signs of life emblems of fierce predatoriness and death—” thought the wayfarer to himself.
From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Bertram Mitford
We have, in consequence, a society of thinly veneered predatoriness.
From The Seeker by Harry Leon Wilson
