Definition of Predation

1. Noun. An act of plundering and pillaging and marauding.

Exact synonyms: Depredation
Generic synonyms: Pillage, Pillaging, Plundering
Derivative terms: Predate

2. Noun. The act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey.
Generic synonyms: Hunt, Hunting
Derivative terms: Predate

Definition of Predation

1. n. The act of pillaging.

Definition of Predation

1. Noun. act of predating ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Predation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Predation

precycled
precycles
precycling
pred
predacean
predaceans
predaceous
predaceousness
predacious
predacities
predacity
predate
predated
predates
predating
predation
predations
predatism
predatisms
predator
predator-bug
predator bug
predator bugs
predatorily
predators
predatory
predatory animal
predatory pricing
predawn
predawns

Literary usage of Predation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Foundations of National Prosperity: Studies in the Conservation of by Richard Theodore Ely, Ralph Henry Hess, Charles Kenneth Leith, Thomas Nixon Carver (1917)
"PRODUCTION VERSUS Predation So much has been written in a demagogic vein ... It is tune to begin talking about protecting production against predation. ..."

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