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Synonyms for Preying:
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adj.
• predatory • rapacious -
v.
• plunder- Depredate ,
- Smash and Grab ,
- appropriate ,
- burn ,
- despoil ,
- devastate ,
- fleece ,
- forage ,
- grab ,
- gut ,
- kip ,
- knock off ,
- knock over ,
- lay waste ,
- liberate ,
- lift ,
- loft ,
- maraud ,
- moonlight requisition ,
- prowl ,
- raid ,
- ransack ,
- relieve ,
- requisition ,
- rifle ,
- rip off ,
- sack ,
- salvage ,
- snatch ,
- spoil ,
- stick up ,
- strip .
- Spoliate ,
- annihilate ,
- break up ,
- capture ,
- consume ,
- crush ,
- damage ,
- demolish ,
- desecrate ,
- desolate ,
- dismantle ,
- disorganize ,
- disrupt ,
- exterminate ,
- extinguish ,
- harry ,
- impair ,
- leave in ruins ,
- overrun ,
- overthrow ,
- overwhelm ,
- pirate ,
- plunder ,
- prostrate ,
- pull down ,
- raze ,
- ruin ,
- seize ,
- shatter ,
- sink ,
- smash ,
- stamp out ,
- sweep away ,
- trample ,
- trash ,
- waste ,
- wreak havoc ,
- wreck ,
- wrest .
Other relevant words:
- abandon ,
- abduct ,
- abstract ,
- adjourn ,
- aerodynamic lift ,
- agonising ,
- agonizing ,
- airlift ,
- airstrip ,
- allay ,
- alleviate ,
- allow ,
- angered ,
- angry ,
- annul ,
- applesauce ,
- appreciate ,
- arise ,
- arrogate ,
- assault ,
- assuage ,
- assume ,
- athirst ,
- attach ,
- attic ,
- avarice ,
- avaritia ,
- avid ,
- award ,
- baby ,
- baffle ,
- bagging ,
- ball up ,
- bang ,
- bang up ,
- bankrupt ,
- banqueting ,
- barbarian ,
- barbaric ,
- barbarous ,
- bare ,
- barren ,
- bash ,
- beast ,
- beat ,
- beat out ,
- becharm ,
- beguile ,
- belligerent ,
- belt ,
- beset ,
- bewitch ,
- bilk ,
- bit ,
- bite ,
- blast ,
- bleak ,
- bloody-minded ,
- blow ,
- blow out ,
- bobble ,
- bollix ,
- bollix up ,
- bollocks ,
- bollocks up ,
- boom ,
- botch ,
- botch up ,
- bow down ,
- bowel ,
- bowl over ,
- bread ,
- break ,
- break apart ,
- break down ,
- brim over ,
- bring down ,
- bring up ,
- brutal ,
- brute ,
- buccaneer ,
- buccaneering ,
- bumble ,
- bungle ,
- burn down ,
- burn mark ,
- burn off ,
- burn up ,
- burning ,
- bury ,
- bust ,
- bust up ,
- cabbage ,
- calf love ,
- calve ,
- can ,
- captivate ,
- carrier bag ,
- carry off ,
- cartoon strip ,
- catch ,
- catch some z's ,
- catgut ,
- cauterise ,
- cauterize ,
- cesspit ,
- cesspool ,
- chalk ,
- charm ,
- cheat ,
- chemise ,
- chevvy ,
- chevy ,
- chicken feed ,
- chisel ,
- chivvy ,
- chivy ,
- choice ,
- clams ,
- clean ,
- cleanup ,
- clear ,
- clutch ,
- cocker ,
- coddle ,
- codswallop ,
- collapse ,
- colza ,
- comb ,
- combust ,
- come up ,
- comic strip ,
- commandeer ,
- compaction ,
- confiscate ,
- conquer ,
- cop ,
- corrupt ,
- cosmetic surgery ,
- cosset ,
- countermand ,
- covetous ,
- covetousness ,
- crack ,
- crack up ,
- crank ,
- crash ,
- crock up ,
- cross ,
- crucify ,
- cruel ,
- crunch ,
- crush out ,
- crushed leather ,
- cunt ,
- cut ,
- cut down ,
- cut off ,
- dash ,
- dash off ,
- death ,
- decimate ,
- decompose ,
- deconsecrate ,
- deflower ,
- deluge ,
- demolition ,
- denudate ,
- denude ,
- deoxyephedrine ,
- deplete ,
- depopulate ,
- deprive ,
- derangement ,
- desert ,
- desolation ,
- despoilation ,
- destroy ,
- devour ,
- dilapidation ,
- dinero ,
- dip ,
- dirty money ,
- disassemble ,
- discase ,
- discharge ,
- dishonor ,
- dishonour ,
- disinvest ,
- dismiss ,
- dismissal ,
- dismission ,
- disorganise ,
- dispel ,
- disperse ,
- displace ,
- disrobe ,
- dissipate ,
- dissipation ,
- dissolve ,
- divest ,
- do away with ,
- do in ,
- dough ,
- down ,
- downfall ,
- drop ,
- drop down ,
- drown ,
- earmark ,
- ease ,
- eat ,
- eat up ,
- eatage ,
- edacious ,
- edacity ,
- elevate ,
- elevation ,
- elevator ,
- eliminate ,
- emaciate ,
- emancipate ,
- enamor ,
- enamour ,
- enchant ,
- end ,
- enjoyable ,
- enraged ,
- entrance ,
- equipment casualty ,
- eradicate ,
- esteem ,
- esurience ,
- esurient ,
- excruciating ,
- excuse ,
- exempt ,
- exhaust ,
- extirpate ,
- face lift ,
- face lifting ,
- face-lift ,
- facelift ,
- fair game ,
- fall off ,
- famished ,
- fascinate ,
- fast-growing ,
- featherbed ,
- feed ,
- fell ,
- feral ,
- fierce ,
- filch ,
- fire ,
- firing ,
- flat ,
- flight strip ,
- fling off ,
- flood out ,
- flub ,
- fluff ,
- foil ,
- folderol ,
- foray into ,
- force out ,
- forsake ,
- foul up ,
- fragment ,
- fragmentise ,
- fragmentize ,
- free ,
- frustrate ,
- fuck up ,
- fumble ,
- gaining control ,
- gambling ,
- garret ,
- gazump ,
- gelt ,
- get ,
- get hold of ,
- get rid of ,
- get up ,
- give notice ,
- give the axe ,
- give the sack ,
- glass ,
- glom ,
- glow ,
- go ,
- go bad ,
- go down ,
- go through ,
- go under ,
- go up ,
- godforsaken ,
- grabby ,
- grading ,
- grasping ,
- grass ,
- greed ,
- greediness ,
- grooving ,
- gulp ,
- guzzling ,
- hammock ,
- harass ,
- harm ,
- harrowing ,
- hassle ,
- have ,
- heave ,
- highjack ,
- hijack ,
- hoist ,
- hold up ,
- homicidal ,
- hook ,
- hunt ,
- hurt ,
- ice ,
- impairment ,
- impound ,
- incinerate ,
- indentation ,
- indulge ,
- infatuation ,
- infest ,
- infuriated ,
- ingest ,
- interrupt ,
- intestine ,
- invade ,
- itch ,
- jam ,
- jimmy ,
- junk ,
- kale ,
- kidnap ,
- kidnapping ,
- kill ,
- kill off ,
- knock ,
- knock down ,
- landing strip ,
- languish ,
- lapse ,
- larceny ,
- lay waste to ,
- laying waste ,
- leach ,
- legal injury ,
- let off ,
- lettuce ,
- level ,
- lever ,
- liberation ,
- lighten ,
- liquidate ,
- literary pirate ,
- log z's ,
- lolly ,
- loose ,
- louse up ,
- lucre ,
- lurch ,
- macerate ,
- maddened ,
- mar ,
- mark ,
- marker ,
- mash ,
- mess up ,
- meth ,
- methamphetamine ,
- methamphetamine hydrochloride ,
- methedrine ,
- mishandle ,
- molest ,
- mollycoddle ,
- moolah ,
- move up ,
- muck up ,
- muff ,
- nail ,
- net ,
- neutralise ,
- neutralize ,
- nip and tuck ,
- nobble ,
- oppress ,
- outrage ,
- overcharge ,
- overcome ,
- overflow ,
- overhead ,
- overmaster ,
- overpower ,
- overproduction ,
- override ,
- overrule ,
- overtake ,
- overturn ,
- palliate ,
- pamper ,
- pan ,
- paper bag ,
- part ,
- pass ,
- pasturage ,
- pasture ,
- peel ,
- pelf ,
- permissive waste ,
- pick ,
- pigeon loft ,
- pilfer ,
- pillory ,
- pinch ,
- pine away ,
- pirate ship ,
- plagiarisation ,
- plagiarise ,
- plagiariser ,
- plagiarism ,
- plagiarist ,
- plagiarization ,
- plagiarize ,
- plagiarizer ,
- plague ,
- play ,
- pleasurable ,
- pluck ,
- plume ,
- poke ,
- pouch ,
- predate ,
- prehend ,
- prehensile ,
- press ,
- press out ,
- price ,
- prime ,
- prise ,
- profane ,
- prone ,
- provision ,
- provoke ,
- pry ,
- pulverise ,
- pulverize ,
- puppy love ,
- purloin ,
- push down ,
- puss ,
- pussy ,
- putting to death ,
- quality ,
- quarry ,
- queer ,
- quench ,
- raging ,
- raiding ,
- raise ,
- raising ,
- rase ,
- ravage ,
- raven ,
- ravish ,
- ravishment ,
- rear ,
- reave ,
- recess ,
- release ,
- remedy ,
- repeal ,
- requisition form ,
- rescind ,
- reserve ,
- resolve ,
- respect ,
- reverse ,
- revoke ,
- rhytidectomy ,
- rhytidoplasty ,
- rip ,
- rise ,
- root out ,
- rot ,
- roughness ,
- roughshod ,
- rubbish ,
- ruination ,
- ruining ,
- rummage ,
- run off ,
- run over ,
- run through ,
- rustle ,
- sac ,
- sack up ,
- sackful ,
- sacque ,
- salve ,
- sanguinary ,
- save ,
- scathe ,
- scatter ,
- scavenge ,
- scoring ,
- scotch ,
- scourge ,
- scrap ,
- scratch ,
- scratch off ,
- screw up ,
- scrounge ,
- scum ,
- sea robber ,
- sea rover ,
- search ,
- seizure ,
- select ,
- send away ,
- separate ,
- sequester ,
- sequestration ,
- set aside ,
- set free ,
- settle ,
- sever ,
- shabu ,
- sharp-set ,
- shave ,
- shear ,
- sheepskin ,
- shekels ,
- shell ,
- shift ,
- shipwreck ,
- sidesplitting ,
- simoleons ,
- sinkhole ,
- ski lift ,
- ski tow ,
- sleep ,
- slide down ,
- slip ,
- slit ,
- slumber ,
- slump ,
- smash up ,
- smash-up ,
- smasher ,
- smashingly ,
- snaffle ,
- snap ,
- snap up ,
- snarf ,
- snatch up ,
- sneak ,
- snitch ,
- snuff out ,
- soak ,
- split ,
- split up ,
- spoilage ,
- spoilation ,
- spoiling ,
- squander ,
- squash ,
- squeeze ,
- squelch ,
- stand up ,
- stark ,
- starved ,
- steal ,
- stealing ,
- still ,
- sting ,
- strike ,
- strip down ,
- strip show ,
- striptease ,
- strong-growing ,
- stub out ,
- submerge ,
- subside ,
- subvert ,
- sugar ,
- sump ,
- sunburn ,
- suntan ,
- supply ,
- suppress ,
- surcharge ,
- swag ,
- swallow hole ,
- sweep off ,
- sweep over ,
- sweet ,
- swilling ,
- swipe ,
- take ,
- take apart ,
- take down ,
- take hold of ,
- take in ,
- take over ,
- tan ,
- target ,
- tear apart ,
- tear away ,
- tear down ,
- tear off ,
- tempestuous ,
- terminate ,
- terms ,
- thieve ,
- thievery ,
- thievish ,
- thirsty ,
- thriftlessness ,
- thwart ,
- tip over ,
- torture ,
- torturesome ,
- torturous ,
- toss off ,
- tramp down ,
- trampling ,
- trance ,
- tread ,
- tread down ,
- treasure ,
- tripe ,
- trophy ,
- trounce ,
- trumpery ,
- tump over ,
- turn over ,
- twat ,
- unbosom ,
- uncase ,
- uncivilised ,
- uncivilized ,
- unclothe ,
- undress ,
- unloose ,
- unloosen ,
- uprise ,
- uproot ,
- upset ,
- upstart ,
- use up ,
- usurp ,
- vacate ,
- value ,
- vanquish ,
- vicious ,
- violate ,
- violation ,
- violent death ,
- vitiate ,
- voraciousness ,
- voracity ,
- wampum ,
- ware ,
- waste material ,
- waste matter ,
- waste product ,
- wastefulness ,
- wasteland ,
- well over ,
- whelm ,
- wild ,
- wildcat ,
- wind ,
- wipe out ,
- wipeout ,
- wish-wash ,
- wolf ,
- wolflike ,
- wool ,
- wrack ,
- wrecking ,
- wrong ,
- Aiming ,
- Butting ,
- Capturing ,
- Chasing ,
- Despoiling ,
- Duping ,
- Fertilizing ,
- Gnawing ,
- Grubbing ,
- Harrying ,
- Martyring ,
- Objecting ,
- Pasturing ,
- Pigging ,
- Prizing ,
- Robbing ,
- Sacrificing ,
- aggressive ,
- booty ,
- burglary ,
- carnivorous ,
- depredation ,
- despoilment ,
- despoliation ,
- destruction ,
- devastation ,
- devouring ,
- exploiting ,
- feasting ,
- fertilising ,
- foraging ,
- foray ,
- gaming ,
- gratifying ,
- gulping ,
- hunting ,
- killing ,
- loot ,
- looting ,
- marauding ,
- marking ,
- pillage ,
- pillaging ,
- piracy ,
- pitting ,
- plundering ,
- predaceous ,
- predacious ,
- predating ,
- predation ,
- predatory ,
- prey ,
- prize ,
- quarrying ,
- ransacking ,
- rapacious ,
- rape ,
- rapine ,
- raptorial ,
- ravaging ,
- ravening ,
- rifling ,
- rob ,
- robbery ,
- sacking ,
- spoliation ,
- supplying ,
- targeting ,
- theft ,
- torturing ,
- vulturine .
- predacity ,
- predatism ,
- rapaciousness ,
- rapacity .
Usage examples for Preying
He gives a touching description of the griefs which are Preying upon his mind.
"Daniel Defoe"
As I had not been accustomed to see Master Simon in a pensive mood, I thought there might be some vexation Preying on his mind, and I endeavoured to introduce a cheerful strain of conversation; but he was not in the vein to follow it up, and proposed that we should take a walk.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Yet there was absolutely nothing in the law to place restraint upon this man; he could wander from state to state, or to the other side of the world, Preying upon lovely young girls wherever he went.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
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