Similar words: predator, aleatory, migratory, crematory, defamatory, laboratory, regulatory, conciliatory. Meaning: ['predətɔrɪ /-trɪ] adj. 1. characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding 2. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey 3. living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain.
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1 The domesticated cat retains its predatory instincts.
2 Predatory pricing by large supermarkets was threatening the livelihood of smaller businesses.
3 We were pestered by predatory salesmen.
4 She was safe from predatory birds on the verandah.
5 The owl is a predatory bird which kills its prey with its claws.
6 Polypterus palmas is a nocturnal,[www.Sentencedict.com] predatory species.
7 One will get the original predatory alien, the delight of sci-fi horror films.
8 Bock looked frightened, but Grigoriev's face was predatory and full of avid intent.
9 It is well that large, predatory fish fast and the Red Tailed catfish is no exception.
10 The welfare analysis of predatory pricing is also generally ambiguous.
11 That paper found no hard evidence linking predatory pricing and negligent auditing.
12 Predatory pricing has been widely used by both incumbents and entrants to the eurobond markets.
13 This behaviour is typical of many predatory mammals - and indeed birds.
14 The sunshine brought out our predatory escort of dorados,(Sentencedict.com) and they seemed larger and fiercer than any we had encountered before.
15 Mitchell knew they must look predatory on the spread of the low roof.
16 For example owls and other predatory birds such as buzzards have binocular vision and acute hearing although they have a poor sense of smell.
17 His smooth face was slashed open by his predatory mouth, as if an invisible hatchet were biting into fruit.
18 The predatory gleam in his eyes told her in no uncertain manner that he wanted her too.
19 Please try to avoid feeding aggressive, predatory fish such as Piranha or Lionfish with other live fish.
20 The airline has reduced its prices so sharply that it has been accused of predatory pricing.
21 The company spent much effort in avoiding takeover bids from predatory competitors.
22 I hate going to bars on my own because men look at you in such a predatory way.
23 People who run small businesses are frightened by the predatory behaviour of the banks.
24 The glycosides are even retained as the caterpillar changes into a butterfly and help to protect it from predatory birds.
25 This area of Falkirk has always had a resident population of these handsome but predatory birds.
26 But however the goals of their lowland neighbours have shifted over time, they have remained essentially predatory.
27 Thus some warrens can be emptied of their stock for short periods, and particularly so while the predatory intrusions continue.
28 They were like a new kind of creature: light, evanescent, frivolous and absolutely predatory.
29 Forest boy, like Forest girl, had found out too soon about the predatory appetites of the fully grown.
30 Tundrish leered back - a smirk generally twisted his spider tattoo into a predatory posture.
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