depredator
Example Sentences
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The great depredator of the environment is misery and poverty.
From Time Magazine Archive
The brute was a well known depredator among the herds.
From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
“Your Majesty may be the depredator to a much more serious extent, if you will condescend but to take the Countess’s heart along with you,” said the Colonel, with a grave smile.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 by Various
It was against the grain to condemn her as all bad, a depredator, a woman with perverted moral sense who broke the law and did evil things.
From The Passenger from Calais by Arthur Griffiths
It was not long before the depredator of the night was there, and a lurid gleam stood out of his eyes.
From Anglo-Saxon Literature by John Earle
