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
On a rocky outcropping by the water, fishermen like to gather to catch blue runner, mangrove snapper, grunt, barracuda and occasionally a blue crab.
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Nicolas Rivero, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Here, visitors can observe American kestrels, barracudas, Goliath groupers, and even rehabbing turtles at the Sea Turtle Care Center.
—Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2024
Souza told us about the early islanders’ sophisticated system of aquaculture and pointed out the eel, barracuda, and — excitement!
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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
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Nicolas Rivero, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Here, visitors can observe American kestrels, barracudas, Goliath groupers, and even rehabbing turtles at the Sea Turtle Care Center.
—Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2024
Souza told us about the early islanders’ sophisticated system of aquaculture and pointed out the eel, barracuda, and — excitement!
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barracuda
tiger
Noun
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Horn was left partially paralyzed by the tiger attack and, after a brief comeback in 2010, the pair retired from show business.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2025
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The tiger had jumped into the kraal and killed the calves first.—
Cyril E. Holland,
Outdoor Life,
8 May 2025
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“Barracuda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barracuda. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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