Rapacious and Violent

Rapacious

Rapacious adjective - Living by killing and eating other animals.
Usage example: rapacious mammals, such as coyotes, foxes, and bobcats

Violent and rapacious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Violent" instead an adjective "Rapacious".

Nearby Words: rapacity, rapaciously

Violent

Violent adjective - Marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity.

Rapacious and violent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rapacious" instead an adjective "Violent".

Nearby Words: violence, violently, violator

Both words in one sentence

  • For although the heroes are Scots (plus an Irishman), the passionate strains of said trope still do much to evoke the energetically violent and rapacious spirits of many Irish and Highlander-Scots sub-cultures.
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