ravager

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Noun
  • This strategic approach allows easier access to critical organs, particularly the liver, which is rich in lipids and nutritionally important for the predators.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The footprints are the first physical proof that different hominin species overlapped in exactly the same time and space, dodging predators and finding food in the ancient landscape, according to the study.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Go chase down murderers and rapists and drug dealers and violent offenders.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Clips from the documentary include an interview with an alleged rapist, which is visually and vocally anonymized.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The story of its existence—never safe from the wrecker’s ball and once, in 1997, devastated by a fire so hot the tiles fell off—begins with railroad baron Cornelius Vanderbilt opening Grand Central Terminal in 1913, putting the Oyster Bar in its belly.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Then the skit begins to outline the story of Domingo, Marcello Hernandez’s charming home wrecker who shows up to set to record straight direct from Domingo.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Yet another plot wrinkle is the role the rebellion — and one saboteur within the rebellion — might have in affecting both the emperor’s business on Arrakis and the Sisterhood’s sphere of influence.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Far more than a mere villain, Macrinus is a saboteur and opportunist in this Roman Empire epic, where those taken as slaves are forced to fight in an arena before an audience with a grim outcome: kill or be killed.
    Ronda Racha Penrice, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Photo: Brown Harris Stevens Above the bedroom is a double-height library, which turns the sloping ceiling behind a mansard roof into a design feature rather than a space waster.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 24 Oct. 2024
  • California is moving to outlaw watering some grass that’s purely decorative Today, the lawn is among the biggest wasters of water in our urban environment — by some estimates accounting for more than half of the gallons used by city residents each year.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The Russian missile Gerasimov was referring to took place this week in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where the U.S. Navy has three amphibious ships and destroyers that provide missile defense for Israel.
    Brendan Cole, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • An obvious list would include Robert Cottingham’s signature landscapes of elaborate neon signage and Malcolm Morley’s souvenir postcards of cruise ships and recruiting posters of naval destroyers.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Ravager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravager. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.

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