predatory

  • 51predatory —   a. pertaining to or living by plundering; destructive.    ♦ predation, n.    ♦ predative, a …

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  • 52predatory — see PREY …

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  • 53predatory — adj. 1 (of an animal) preying naturally upon others. 2 (of a nation, State, or individual) plundering or exploiting others. Derivatives: predatorily adv. predatoriness n. Etymology: L praedatorius (as PREDATOR) …

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  • 54predatory pricing — noun A strategy of selling a good or service at a very low price so as to drive ones competitors out of business (at which point one can raise ones prices more freely) …

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  • 55predatory pricing — noun the pricing of goods or services at such a low level that other firms cannot compete and are forced to leave the market …

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  • 56predatory pricing — UK / US noun [uncountable] business the act of setting prices at very low levels in order to force other companies to fail …

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  • 57predatory driving — /ˈprɛdətəri draɪvɪŋ/ (say preduhtuhree druyving) noun Law driving in deliberate pursuit of another person as a form of harassment …

  • 58predatory pricing — /prɛdətəri ˈpraɪsɪŋ/ (say preduhtuhree pruysing) noun the deliberate ploy of selling goods or services at an unsustainably low price so as to capture a market from less powerful competitors who could not themselves survive such a strategy …

  • 59predatory animal — An animal which preys upon the livestock of farmers …

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  • 60predatory animal — noun any animal that lives by preying on other animals • Syn: ↑predator • Hypernyms: ↑animal, ↑animate being, ↑beast, ↑brute, ↑creature, ↑fauna • …

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