Antonyms for predation
prɪˈdeɪ ʃənpre·da·tion

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1. depredation, predationnoun

   an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding

   Synonyms:
   ravage, depredation

2. predationnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   depredation

How to use predation in a sentence?

1. Alison Towner:

   I've seen some incredible things working with the Dyer Island Conservation Trust, butone thing I never ever expected to see was predation pressure from killer whales, we had never even seen an Orca here prior to 2011.

2. Mark Pearson:

   Often the one at foot will hop away because it’s terrified as its mother has just been shot. Now the chances of the shooter catching that little joey and killing it is slim, so it dies from predation, starvation and exposure.

3. John Vucetich:

   But parasites are at least as important as predation, to be a parasite is an easy way to make a living in the natural world.

4. Phillip Barden:

   Fossilized behavior is exceedingly rare, predation( the act of predator attacking prey) especially so, as paleontologists, we speculate about the function of ancient adaptations using available evidence, but to see an extinct predator caught in the act of capturing its prey is invaluable.

5. Democratic Representative Katie Hill:

   I'm leaving because of a misogynistic culture that gleefully consumed my naked pictures, capitalized on my sexuality, and enabled my abusive ex to continue that abuse, this time with the entire country watching, yet a man who brags about his sexual predation ... sits in the highest office of the land.

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