predator

Definition

  • noun: an animal that lives by killing and eating other animals
  • noun: one that preys, destroys, or devours

Examples

  • a sexual 'predator' [=a person who commits sexual crimes against other people]

  • The population of rabbits is controlled by natural 'predators'.

  • a corporate 'predator' acquiring business rivals

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Yes, sir. Doctor, what did you mean by hunting? You think it's chasing this MUTO? But if the MUTO is his prey, the signal shows a call, - Why call up a predator? - No, it didn't. I think Godzilla was only listening. The MUTO was calling something else. The pattern. Focus the search on Nevada. (..)
    2014 Godzilla
  • (..) the Russians thought that it was them. All those nuclear bomb tests in the s, not tests. They were trying to kill it. Him. An ancient alpha predator. Millions of years older than mankind, from an age when the earth was ten times more radioactive than it is today. This animal, and others like it, (..)
    2014 Godzilla