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Synonyms for scavengers
scav·en·gers
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List of paraphrases for "scavengers":
detritivores, phagocytes, looters, traps, gatherers, pickers, skimmers, recyclers, pitfalls, sensors
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#7194 | sensors | |
#12303 | traps | |
#21914 | pitfalls | |
#44244 | recyclers | |
#50195 | pickers | |
#62613 | looters | |
#63459 | gatherers | |
#64156 | skimmers | |
#68532 | scavengers | |
#117987 | phagocytes |
How to use scavengers in a sentence?
I believe there will be increasing non-compliance that is simply due to human nature, even when there's not a pandemic we, as a species, tend to make decisions that negatively affect our public health based on our immediate need, whether it's smoking, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, overeating, overspending... we are wired to look for immediate gratification. Remember, we were once scavengers. That's why this is very hard.
Even when there's not a pandemic we, as a species, tend to make decisions that negatively affect our public health based on our immediate need, whether it's smoking, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, overeating, overspending... we are wired to look for immediate gratification. Remember, we were once scavengers. That's why this is very hard.
They do a bunch of things, one thing they can do is eat up foreign things, whether they be bacteria or viruses or just particles that have drifted down into the lungs. They can act as scavengers that present these particles to the immune system to activate an immune response.
What is key here is the intentionality behind the burial. You might bury a body for purely practical reasons, in order to avoid attracting dangerous scavengers and/or to reduce the smell. But when this goes beyond practical elements it is important because that indicates more complex, symbolic and abstract thinking, compassion and care for the dead, and perhaps feelings of mourning and loss.
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- खोजीHindi
- catadoresPortuguese
- поглотителиRussian
- سکواڑیوںUrdu
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