Synonyms 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

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1. List of paraphrases for "predation":

   predators, predator, predatory, herbivory

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1. Curry Rogers:

   Precocial young can avoid predation on their own, and there is a much smaller chance of the entire brood succumbing to predation at once.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.