Hyphenation of predatory

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word predatory ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

preda-to-ry

Definitions of predatory :

1.
Characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
Bands of marauding Indians Predatory warfare A raiding party
2.
Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey
A predatory bird The rapacious wolf Raptorial birds Ravening wolves A vulturine taste for offal
3.
Living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain
Predatory capitalists A predatory
4.
Insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal- Peter S. Prescott
A predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster- W.E.Swinton

Synonyms of predatory :

adj marauding, raiding, offensive
adj rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous, aggressive
adj predaceous, predacious, acquisitive

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