predatory instinct

collocation in English

meaningsofpredatoryandinstinct

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predatory
adjective
uk
/ˈpred.ə.tər.i/us
/ˈpred.ə.tɔːr.i/
A predatory animal kills and eats ...
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instinct
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.stɪŋkt/us
/ˈɪn.stɪŋkt/
the way people or animals naturally react or behave, without having to think or learn ...
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(Definition ofpredatoryandinstinctfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It may be original sin, or merelypredatoryinstinct, or, indeed, it may be pressure from a relatively small section of their supporters which they are not able to resist.
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It is not motivated to attack bypredatoryinstinct: it doesn't eat people, and instead sustains itself on radiation and an omnivorous diet.
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The wolves then attacked her, the taste of her blood having probably triggered apredatoryinstinct.
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Ismails initial conclusions awakened hispredatoryinstinct; he wanted the best of life without having to work for it.
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I see no answer to that, especially now that the predatory instincts have been naturally stimulated by what has occurred in the last few years.
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The outstanding fact is that the predatory instincts of individual owners, or of districts, is the predominating feature.
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There have, of course, been raids, and there will continue to be raids so long as an increasing population, with predatory instincts, presses more and more heavily upon the soil.
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It will be a shame if we prolong the disparity between the protection given to certain animals and the exposure of others to the predatory instincts of man.
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It follows the struggles of a teenage girl after she finds herself turning into a lycanthropy-leopard and having to battle her newly found predatory instincts.
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They are the protectors of nature and on the battlefield they are formidable fighters, guided only by their predatory instincts.
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