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Synonyms & Antonyms of predatory
living by killing and eating other animals
- hawks are predatory and pose a danger to rabbits and other pets
Synonyms for predatory
- predaceous
- (or predacious),
- rapacious,
- raptorial
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The first known use of predatory was in 1589
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