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Predatory

Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party.

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Acquisitive 84% connected

Acquired.

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Acquisitive 84% connected

Acquired.

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Aggressive 84% connected

Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation.

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Aggressive 84% connected

Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation.

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Offensive 84% connected

Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

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Offensive 84% connected

Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words.

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Marauding 92% connected

of Maraud

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Predaceous 92% connected

Living by prey; predatory.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Raiding 92% connected

of Raid

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Rapacious 92% connected

Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.

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Raptorial 92% connected

Rapacious; living upon prey; -- said especially of certain birds.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ravening 92% connected

of Raven

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Vulturine 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a vulture; resembling a vulture in qualities or looks; as, the vulturine sea eagle (Gypohierax Angolensis); vulturine rapacity.

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Vulturous 92% connected

Like a vulture; rapacious.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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