Rapacious and Savage

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Rapacious adjective - Living by killing and eating other animals.

Usage example: rapacious mammals, such as coyotes, foxes, and bobcats

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Savage and rapacious are semantically related in plundering topic. In some cases you can use "Savage" instead an adjective "Rapacious".

Nearby Words: rapacity, rapaciously

Savage adjective - Violently unfriendly or aggressive in disposition.

Usage example: early explorers avoided those areas that were rumored to be inhabited by savage natives

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Rapacious and savage are semantically related in cruel topic. Sometimes you can use "Rapacious" instead an adjective "Savage".

Nearby Words: savagely, savagery, savaged, savaging

This reputation bled over into fiction where wolves were portrayed as nasty, savage and rapacious predators seemingly bent on devouring everyone they could.

Source: Savage Wolves
Savage Wolves: Wolves as nasty, savage, rapacious predators; if intelligent, may be sadistic and cruel, as well.

Source: Wolf Tropes

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