carnivorous

adjective

Definition of carnivorousnext
as in aggressive

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Recent Examples of carnivorous This classic summer vacation spot is also home to natural gifts, including Carolina Beach State Park, with some of the area's finest fishing and the Flytrap Trail, named for the carnivorous Venus Flytrap plants along its path. — Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 16 June 2026 Like dogs and cats, carnivorous plants can be fed and watered. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 10 June 2026 Growing carnivorous plants like sundews, pitcher plants, and Venus flytraps may not be for everyone, but these unusual plants are naturally built to keep flies and other pests at bay. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2026 Keepers discovered the furry, carnivorous marsupial was missing from her enclosure at Paradise Country wildlife park on Queensland's Gold Coast on Tuesday morning. — CBS News, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for carnivorous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnivorous
  1. aggressive
  2. savage
  3. deadly
  4. violent
  5. ferocious
  6. predatory
  7. fierce
  8. rapacious
Adjective
  • In March, a group of major medical organizations, including the AHA and the American College of Cardiology, released new guidelines urging more aggressive treatment of cholesterol.
    — Anne Thompson, NBC news, 16 July 2026
  • His team is curious about the fuel effects of acceleration and aggressive driving and other air pollutants that might increase with speeding.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 July 2026
Definition of aggressive
Adjective
  • The Yellow Death has disfigured the population, and soldiers in white-and-red tunics serve the savage Duke of Tviot.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Josefowicz, in her decathlon of a performance, brought Ligeti’s savage discontinuities to the surface.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of savage
Adjective
  • When the Guadalupe River surged through Texas Hill Country last summer, Elida Sierra Lutz and her three children were swept into the deadly flooding like debris in the current.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Written and directed by YouTube filmmaker Curry Barker, the film, made for $750,000, tells a twisted tale of love with deadly consequences.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of deadly
Adjective
  • Bullish risk reversal In an attempt to capitalize on the historically expensive downside SPCX options and position for a violent snap-back, this risk reversal seeks to finance upside exposure by fading the put skew.
    — Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 17 July 2026
  • As the administration forges ahead with its immigration enforcement campaign, former ICE officials and policing experts warned that resuming vehicle stops without a thorough review of training or tactics could lead to more violent encounters.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Definition of violent
Adjective
  • On top of these costs, increasingly ferocious climate disasters cost taxpayers billions of dollars.
    — Liat Olenick, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026
  • Now, researchers are concerned that more ecosystems will be disrupted as the apex predators with a ferocious appetite feast on a buffet of raccoons, opossums, bobcats, alligators and birds -- including prey bigger than themselves.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 July 2026
Definition of ferocious
Adjective
  • Such similar immobilization of the prey is observed in predatory beetles of the genus Epomis.
    — Jay Kakade July 13, New Atlas, 14 July 2026
  • Hunt, who heads a women’s rights advocacy group called Reckoning Action, told CNN that she is not being paid by any campaigns and is motivated only by a desire to hold predatory men to account.
    — Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Definition of predatory
Adjective
  • Its young people are increasingly educated and ambitious but many are frustrated over fierce competition for limited jobs.
    — Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
  • The Pride and Angel City have established a fierce rivalry in their short history.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026
Definition of fierce
Adjective
  • If proteinmaxxing conjures the rapacious spirit of an HGTV makeover show, fibremaxxing is like a PBS special about restoring a Victorian home.
    — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Young women being preyed upon and seduced by rapacious Hollywood producers, stars and studio heads is a tired cliché, but like all clichés, it is based on reality.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
Definition of rapacious

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