Deadly and Predatory

Deadly

Deadly adjective - Likely to cause or capable of causing death.

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

Nearby Word: dead

Predatory

Predatory adjective - Living by killing and eating other animals.
Usage example: hawks are predatory and pose a danger to rabbits and other pets
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Synonyms for Predatory

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

Nearby Words: predator, predacious, predating

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / River Monsters Another season 8 episode has him investigating "El Diablo Rojo" from the Mexican coast, which turn out to be Humboldt Squid — one of the largest and most vicious predatory squids around, and who travel in deadly packs that can easily butcher humans.
  • Tabletop Game / Wasteland 2010 The Badlands (aka Oklahoma) are infested by predatory "Flyotes" , which are "coyotes with feathered wings." Mud River (formerly the Mississippi River) is populated by deadly Octofish ("part catfish, part octopus").
  • Video Game / D4 One of the DLC shirts says "Predatory Demolition" on it, with the font being exactly like Deadly Premonition's.
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