Deadly
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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Deadly and predatory are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deadly" instead an adjective "Predatory".
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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.
Source: Series / River Monsters -
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").
Source: Tabletop Game / Wasteland 2010 -
One of the DLC shirts says "Predatory Demolition" on it, with the font being exactly like Deadly Premonition's.
Source: Video Game / D4
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