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Noun: predation  pri'dey-shun
  1. An act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
    - depredation
     
  2. The act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey

Derived forms: predations

Type of: hunt, hunting, pillage, pillaging, plundering

Encyclopedia: Predation

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