Ravening

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Eagerness for plunder; rapacity.
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  • adjective. Greedily devouring; rapacious.
  • noun. Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.
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  • adjective. Voracious and greedy.
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  • adjective. devouring or craving food in great quantities
  • adjective. excessively greedy and grasping
  • adjective. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
    • Word Usage
    "Crigolit and Ashregan were prepared to beat back surgical thrusts by small groups of fast-moving troops, not the kind of ravening firepower which the at'tackers now brought to bear."
    Equivalent
    acquisitive  aggressive  gluttonous  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    berserker  bimbos  cannibalistic  day-and-night  desolating  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    extortion  rapacious  rapacity  
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