predations
predations is the plural of predation.
Meaning of predation
Noun
predation (countable and uncountable, plural predations)
- The preying of one animal on others.
- The action of attacking or plundering.
- […]this priest roade in his goune of velvet, with a greate trayne, and was received into every Religion with Procession, as though the legate had bene there, and toke such greate sommes for his visitacion, that the religious sore were greved, and murmured much against it, and in especiall, for they...a. 1547, Edward Hall, “The XVII Yere”, in King Henry the VIII, volume II, London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, published 1904, page 48
Questions about predations
- What is predations the plural of?
- Predations is the plural of predation.
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