as in tiger
an aggressive and fiercely determined person
the governor-elect is too nice and easygoing, so he'll need a barracuda as his chief of staff
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Recent Examples of barracuda
Recognizing the creature, which closely resembles a barracuda, as a longnose lancetfish, Boothe rushed to the beach.
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Bailey Richards, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025
At Looe, an hour spent floating above colorful parrotfish, angelfish and barracuda brings time to a near-standstill.
—Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
There, guests can swim amid psychedelic colored wrasses and butterflyfish, and backstroke with barracudas and reef sharks.
—Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
On a rocky outcropping by the water, fishermen like to gather to catch blue runner, mangrove snapper, grunt, barracuda and occasionally a blue crab.
—Nicolas Rivero, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
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Bailey Richards, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025
At Looe, an hour spent floating above colorful parrotfish, angelfish and barracuda brings time to a near-standstill.
—Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
There, guests can swim amid psychedelic colored wrasses and butterflyfish, and backstroke with barracudas and reef sharks.
—Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
On a rocky outcropping by the water, fishermen like to gather to catch blue runner, mangrove snapper, grunt, barracuda and occasionally a blue crab.
—Nicolas Rivero, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barracuda
tiger
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Different types of swallowtails, including western tiger, pale, and anise, can be seen at Jack’s Peak, Johnston says.—
A.K. Whitney,
Oc Register,
4 June 2025
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Elsewhere, organised crime still has its tendrils in many parts of the sport across the globe, and the misty-eyed reverence for benevolent local tycoons is a notion that went extinct before the Tasmanian tiger.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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“Barracuda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barracuda. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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