rapacious

[ra·pa·cious]

Something rapacious is out to devour anything, and little can stand in its way. A rapacious landlord is out for more rent, and a rapacious eater is only satisfied at the all you can eat buffet.

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Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.

Adjective S.
devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"

Adjective S.
excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments"

Adjective S.
living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"


a.
Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.

a.
Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird.

a.
Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite.


Rapacious

Rapa"cious , a. [L. rapax, -acis, from rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch away. See Rapid.] 1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. " The downfall of the rapacious and licentious Knights Templar." Motley. 2. Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence,; as, a tiger is a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird. 3. Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite.
[Thy Lord] redeem thee from Death's rapacious claim
. Syn. -- Greedy; grasping; ravenous; voracious. -- Ra*pa"cious*ly, adv. -- Ra*pa"cious*ness, n.

Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.

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