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81 Rapacious
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82 rapacious invaders
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83 rapacious policy
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84 rapacious trade
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85 rapacious ra·pa·cious adj
[rə'peɪʃəs]frm rapace -
86 rapacious appetite
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87 rapacious invaders
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88 RAPACIOUS MAN
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89 HARPIES (RAPACIOUS MONSTERS, HALF-BIRDS, HALF-WOMEN)
[NPR]HARPYIAE (-ARUM) (PL)English-Latin dictionary > HARPIES (RAPACIOUS MONSTERS, HALF-BIRDS, HALF-WOMEN)
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90 хищный
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91 ravenous
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92 хищнический
прил.
1) rapacious, predatory хищнические инстинкты
2) (бесхозяйственный) destructive;
injurious хищническая вырубка лесов ≈ depredation of forests, injurious felling of forestsхищническ|ий -
1. predatory;
~ие инстинкты predatory instincts;
2. (эксплуататорский) rapacious;
3. (бесхозяйственный) depredatory;
~ая вырубка лесов depredation/despoliation of forests;
~ лов рыбы robbing the sea of fish, ruthless overfishing.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > хищнический
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93 gluttonous
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94 greedy
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95 predatory
хищный имя прилагательное: -
96 voracious
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97 predacious
a хищный, хищническийСинонимический ряд:rapacious (adj.) pillaging; plundering; predative; predatorial; predatory; rapacious; raptorial; ravaging; ravening; voracious; vulturine; vulturish; vulturous -
98 predatory
1. a грабительский, хищническийpredatory crime — хищническое, корыстное преступление
2. a хищныйСинонимический ряд:rapacious (adj.) pillaging; plundering; predacious; predative; predatorial; rapacious; raptorial; ravaging; ravening; voracious; vulturine; vulturish; vulturous -
99 грабёж
граб|ёж - м. robbery;
(вооружённый) armed robbery;
hold-up разг. ;
~ на большой дороге highway robbery;
заниматься ~ежом rob, plunder;
~итель м. robber;
~ительский rapacious, predatory;
~ительская политика expansionist policy;
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100 захватнический
прил. aggressive, predatoryзахватническ|ий - predatory, rapacious, expansionist;
~ие войны wars of conquest;
~ая политика annexationist/expansionist policy.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > захватнический
См. также в других словарях:
Rapacious — Ra*pa cious (r[.a]*p[=a] sh[u^]s), a. [L. rapax, acis, from rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch away. See {Rapid}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. The downfall of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rapacious — I adjective avaricious, avidus, cormorant, depredatory, devouring, grasping, greedy, insatiable, insatiate, living on prey, lupine, marauding, pillaging, piratical, plundering, predacious, predatory, preying, rapax, ravening, ravenous, voracious … Law dictionary
rapacious — (adj.) 1650s, from L. rapaci , stem of rapax grasping, from rapere (see RAPACITY (Cf. rapacity)) + OUS (Cf. ous). Related: Rapaciously; rapaciousness … Etymology dictionary
rapacious — ravening, ravenous, gluttonous, *voracious Analogous words: ferocious, *fierce: greedy, grasping, *covetous … New Dictionary of Synonyms
rapacious — [adj] plundering avaricious, ferocious, furious, greedy, marauding, murderous, predatory, preying, ravening, ravenous, savage, voracious; concepts 326,403,406,542 … New thesaurus
rapacious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ aggressively greedy. DERIVATIVES rapaciously adverb rapaciousness noun rapacity noun. ORIGIN from Latin rapax, from rapere to snatch … English terms dictionary
rapacious — [rə pā′shəs] adj. [< L rapax (gen. rapacis) < rapere, to seize (see RAPE1) + OUS] 1. taking by force; plundering 2. greedy or grasping; voracious 3. living on captured prey; predatory rapaciously adv. rapacity [rə pas′ə … English World dictionary
rapacious — [[t]rəpe͟ɪʃəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe a person or their behaviour as rapacious, you disapprove of their greedy or selfish behaviour. [FORMAL] He had a rapacious appetite for bird s nest soup... The oil fields have … English dictionary
rapacious — adjective /rəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/ a) Voracious; avaricious. To presume a want of motives for such contests [of power between states] as an argument against their existence, would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious. b) Given to… … Wiktionary
rapacious — ra|pa|cious [ rə peıʃəs ] adjective VERY FORMAL never satisfied until you have taken everything that you can take: Rapacious developers soon bought up the land. rapacious appetites ╾ ra|pa|cious|ly adverb ╾ ra|pa|cious|ness noun uncount ╾… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rapacious — UK [rəˈpeɪʃəs] / US adjective very formal never satisfied until you have taken everything that you can take Rapacious developers soon bought up the land. rapacious appetites Derived words: rapaciously adverb rapaciousness noun uncountable… … English dictionary