depredatoryadj.
/dɪˈprɛdətəri//ˈdɛprɪdeɪtəri/ Characterized by depredation; plundering, laying waste.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > consuming by chemical action
depredatory1638
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [adjective]
ravenousc1425
rapinous1484
polling1526
spoiling1565
predatory1589
pilling1590
spoilful1590
plundering1641
vulturian1659
predatitious1660
pillagingc1670
vulturine1721
predal1737
depredatory1771
spoliatory1790
predatorial1791
plunderous1797
spoliating1840
accipitral1842
despoiling1859
spoliative1875
predative1920
prehensile1927
1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 256 That the Spirits, and Aire, in their Actions, may bee the less Depredatorie.
1771 J. Macpherson Introd. Hist. Great Brit. & Ireland 29 The irruption of the Cimbri was not merely depredatory.
1802 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons III. iv. xi. 218 The..men of Jomsburg were as eminent for their commercial as for their depredatory activity.
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