feed (on, upon, or off)

Definition of feed (on, upon, or off)next
as in to prey (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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Verb
  • But then Linda goes chasing a wild boar through the jungle while toting a bamboo spear, and impales it to death in a gleefully gratuitous scene of CGI gore.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The provincial chief minister, Sarfraz Bugti, wrote on X that security forces were chasing the insurgents.
    Abdul Sattar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
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  • Despite being painted as a suspect by DaLuise, Suarez was cleared after Feinstein and Prugo were arrested and charged with stalking DaLuise and soliciting a man to rape her, per a September 2015 release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
    Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Garnett also dismissed a gun charge but left in place stalking charges that carry a maximum punishment of life in prison.
    MICHAEL R. SISAK, Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026
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  • The design is meant to reorient us, to take us on a trail walked not by humans but traversed and carved by elephants, a creature still misunderstood, vilified and hunted for its cataclysmic-like ability to reshape land, and sometimes communities.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Under normal weather conditions, iguana control companies use air guns to hunt the lizards, while IzzyTrap uses traps that can catch up to 25 iguanas at a time.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Feed (on, upon, or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feed%20%28on%2C%20upon%2C%20or%20off%29. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.

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