ravenousness

noun

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  1. rapacity
  2. voracity
  3. voraciousness
  4. rapaciousness
  5. stomach
  6. hunger
  7. malnutrition
  8. starvation
Noun
  • Sudan’s civil war, a conflict credibly described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, has seen violence matched only by the belligerents’ rapacity in pillaging the country’s riches.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • This variation of socialism aimed to blunt the rapacity of capitalism rather than sharpen its contradictions and hasten the coming revolution.
    — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
Definition of rapacity
Noun
  • To satisfy its voracity for billions of pages, Anthropic started out by placing mass orders with wholesalers, before turning to individual and secondhand booksellers to help fill in the gaps.
    — Francesca Mancino, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The biblical voracity of these insects make them among the world’s most destructive pests.
    — Gennaro Tomma, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of voracity
Noun
  • That voraciousness informs her work, her choices, and her understanding of character.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.
    — Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Definition of voraciousness
Noun
  • Some laud the nation’s rapaciousness.
    — Tyler Green, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Definition of rapaciousness
Noun
  • Some people may also feel feverish, sick to their stomach, confused or barely able to urinate.
    — News Editor, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Consuming caffeine relaxes the muscular valve between the esophagus and stomach, according to the Cleveland Clinic, which can cause stomach acid to move up into the esophagus and possibly lead to heartburn.
    — Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of stomach
Noun
  • But a burning rage and hunger for vengeance awakens in the flames.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The pause offered brief relief in a city facing hunger, disease and another harsh winter after years of war and damaged infrastructure.
    — Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of hunger
Noun
  • People across Sudan are not only hungry every single day, but countless people are suffering from severe malnutrition to starvation.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
  • More than 18 million people face acute food insecurity, including more than two million children under age five suffering from acute malnutrition.
    — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of malnutrition
Noun
  • Lead poisoning can cause brain swelling, trouble breathing, weak muscles, dehydration, starvation, kidney and liver problems, or seizures, Young explains.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Some of these families left Okinawa to avoid the military draft as well as starvation.
    — Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of starvation
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