Predatory and Penal

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Predatory adjective - Living by killing and eating other animals.

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

Nearby Words: predator, predacious, predating

Penal adjective - Inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment.

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Predatory and penal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Predatory" instead an adjective "Penal".

Nearby Words: penalize, penalty, penalization, penally

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