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man-eating

[man-ee-ting] / ˈmænˌi tɪŋ /


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The film tells the story of a desperate university student applying for a shady part-time job that takes him deep into the woods where he encounters a ravenous, man-eating bear.

From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025

In “Delicious in Dungeon,” a ragtag adventuring crew makes hot pot out of man-eating mushrooms.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

The idea of "man-eating plants" has long captured our macabre imaginations.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023

He was the Evel Knievel of the natural world, tempting death by wrestling man-eating crocodiles or galloping into the Australian outback to commune with deadly snakes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2023

‘All of those man-eating giants is enormous and very fierce! They is all at least two times my wideness and double my royal highness!’

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl



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