Voracious (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks".
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Meaning 2
Excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments".
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All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The voracious investor had a reputation for swooping in on struggling companies and buying them out.
- The ravening creditors descended upon the bankrupt businessman, demanding payment for their debts.
- The wealthy socialite was known for her voracious appetite for designer clothing and luxury goods.
- The small town was plagued by voracious developers who were buying up all the available land and driving up housing prices.
- The government's voracious spending habits had left the country deeply in debt and on the brink of financial collapse.