cannibalistic

cannibalistic
adjective see cannibalism

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • cannibalistic — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. man eating, anthropophagous, Thyestean; see cruel 1 , primitive 3 , savage 2 , 3 …   English dictionary for students

  • cannibalistic — can·ni·bal·is·tic || ‚kænɪbÉ™ lɪstɪk adj. pertaining to or characterized by cannibalism (eating of human flesh) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cannibalistic — adj man eating, hungry for flesh, flesh eating, anthropophagical, Class. Myth.Thyes tian; bestial, fiendish, ogreish, bloodthirsty …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • cannibalistic — can·ni·bal·is·tic …   English syllables

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