rapacious adj

1 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, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous]

2 excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments" [syn: ravening, voracious]

3 devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" [syn: edacious, esurient, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish]

English

Pronunciation

• italbrac US /rəpeɪʃəs/

• Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Adjective

1. voracious; avaricious

   [Thy Lord] redeem thee from Death's rapacious claim - Milton

2. given to taking by force or plundering
3. subsisting off of live prey

Related terms

• rapaciously
• rapaciousness
• rapacity

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