fed (on, upon, or off)

past tense of feed (on, upon, or off)
as in preyed (on or upon)
to seize and eat (something) as prey the flycatcher is a bird that—as its name suggests—feeds on winged insects in midair

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  • As my daughter’s face paled, and a man in a clown mask stalked the aisles, panic seized my limbs.
    Christa Carmen, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Eva LaRue was stalked by a man who called himself Freddie Krueger for 12 years.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • Those interviewed in the UN report described being surveilled, followed and even chased by drones while going about their everyday lives.
    Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Jimenez, who joined the Navy shortly after his 18th birthday, largely served on PC-616, a patrol craft boat that chased submarines.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2025
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  • For decades, scientists viewed cut marks on the fossils as signs that Indigenous Australians hunted large prey — possibly to the point of extinction.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Right whales were heavily hunted until the 1960s - when the International Whaling Commission began to ban commercial whaling - and landed on the endangered species list in 1970.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Fed (on, upon, or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fed%20%28on%2C%20upon%2C%20or%20off%29. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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