PREDATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("predation" is a kind of...):

hunt; hunting (the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts)

Derivation:

predate (prey on or hunt for)

Meaning:

An act of plundering and pillaging and marauding

Synonyms:

depredation; predation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("predation" is a kind of...):

pillage; pillaging; plundering (the act of stealing valuable things from a place)

Derivation:

predate (prey on or hunt for)