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(also figuratively) Voracious; avaricious. / Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy. / (of an animal, usually a bird) Subsisting off live prey.

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rapacious

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Source Word

rapacious

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɹəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/

Adjective

also figuratively of an animal

Japanese Meaning

（比喩的に）貪欲で強欲な、非常に欲張る様子 / 力を用いて強奪する、略奪的な性質 / （特に野生の鳥などが）生きた獲物だけを摂取する様子

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The rapacious editor devoured every manuscript submission, hungry for the next sensational story.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

貪欲な編集者は次のセンセーショナルな話を渇望して、投稿されたすべての原稿を片っ端からむさぼり読んだ。

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(also figuratively) Voracious; avaricious.

To presume a want of motives for such contests [of power between states] as an argument against their existence, would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious.

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