Word of the day - Nov-29-2023 - Rapacious

Word of the day

Nov 29, 2023

excessively grasping; plundering; predatory

Meaning and examples

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Sentences using the word rapacious

  1. The rapacious businessman looted the company's assets, leaving it bankrupt.
  2. The predatory bird's rapacious gaze scanned the forest floor for prey.
  3. The government's rapacious tax policies stifled economic growth.
  4. The CEO's rapacious greed drove him to unethical practices.
  5. The rapacious fire consumed everything in its path, leaving only smoldering ruins behind.
  6. The rapacious wolves attacked the unsuspecting herd, tearing them apart.
  7. The school's rapacious principal punished her students severely for minor offenses.
  8. The rapacious pharmaceutical companies gouged patients with exorbitant prices for life-saving drugs.
  9. The malicious gossip's rapacious words spread like wildfire, destroying reputations.
  10. The rapacious dictator's iron-fisted rule oppressed his people for decades.

FAQs About the word rapacious

living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey, excessively greedy and grasping, devouring or craving food in great quantitiesGiven to pl

greedy, ravenous, edacious, swinish, piggish, voracious, starving, hoggish, hungry, gluttonous

content, full, content, glutted, stuffed, glutted, satisfied, full, satisfied, stuffed

The rapacious businessman looted the company's assets, leaving it bankrupt.The predatory bird's rapacious gaze scanned the forest floor for prey.

The government's rapacious tax policies stifled economic growth.The CEO's rapacious greed drove him to unethical practices.

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Nov 29, 2023

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