Dangerous and Predatory

Dangerous

Dangerous adjective - Involving potential loss or injury.

Predatory and dangerous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Predatory" instead an adjective "Dangerous".

Nearby Words: danger, dangerously

Predatory

Predatory adjective - Living by killing and eating other animals.
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Synonyms for Predatory

Dangerous and predatory are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dangerous" instead an adjective "Predatory".

Nearby Words: predator, predacious, predating

Both words in one sentence

  • Femme Fatalons Often filed to a painful point and extending well past the end of the fingertip, these nails mark the woman wearing them as, at the very least, untrustworthy, and often as dangerous or predatory.
  • Herbivores Are Friendly The hippo (which, by the way, is more dangerous to humans than the predatory crocodile), the elephant, the rhino, and the cape buffalo are all among the most dangerous animals of Africa.
  • Literature / The Iron Teeth Our Monsters Are Different: Harpies are predatory birds with human like faces, and slimes are dangerous creatures powered by magical crystals.
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