MEANING
Hungry or cruelly eager to consume, seize, or destroy, especially with uncontrolled appetite.
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Give appetite an uncontrolled, predatory edge.Make an animal, mob, or threat seem driven by a destructive appetite.
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- ravening hunger
- ravening beast
- ravening appetite
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Ravening beasts moved through the fog, tearing at the remains of the flock.
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A literary adjective suggesting predatory greed or consuming hunger, not simply ordinary appetite.
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