Crossword-Solution: PREYED
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Preyed | imp. & p. p. | of Prey |
We have 28 clues for the answer “PREYED”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Made victims of | 1 answer |
| ___ upon (weighed heavily) | 1 answer |
| ___ on (weighed heavily upon) | 1 answer |
| ___ on (victimized) | 1 answer |
| __ upon (stalked) | 1 answer |
| Went after quarry | 1 answer |
| Weighed heavily (with "on"). | 1 answer |
| Was heavy on one's mind | 1 answer |
| Was hawkish? | 1 answer |
| Victimized (with "upon") | 1 answer |
| Victimized (with "on") | 1 answer |
| Took advantage of, with "on" | 1 answer |
| Sought a victim | 1 answer |
| Made raids upon | 1 answer |
| Made raids on | 1 answer |
| Made raids for booty | 1 answer |
| Hunted, with "upon" | 1 answer |
| Hunted, with "on" | 1 answer |
| Hunted down (with "on") | 1 answer |
| Hunted and killed | 1 answer |
| Had a destructive effect (on) | 1 answer |
| Defrauded, say, with "on" | 1 answer |
| Fed on | 2 answers |
| Hunted down | 2 answers |
| Weighed heavily (on). | 2 answers |
| Victimized | 6 answers |
| Pillaged | 10 answers |
| PLUNDERED | 12 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
ACEMZE
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with PREYED (5)
Jupiter, displeased with all their complaints, sent a Heron, who preyed upon the Frogs day by day till there were none left to croak upon the lake.
But who was Kulonga that he might not be eaten as fairly as Horta, the boar, or Bara, the deer? Was he not simply another of the countless wild things of the jungle who preyed upon one another to satisfy the cravings of hunger? Suddenly, a strange doubt stayed his hand.
Who can form an adequate idea of the sorrow that preyed upon the mind of Charlotte? The wife, whose breast glows with affection to her husband, and who in return meets only indifference, can but faintly conceive her anguish.
The body was ill-nourished, and the mind, concentrated forever upon one subject, had recoiled upon itself, had preyed upon the naturally nervous temperament, till the imagination had become exalted, morbidly active, diseased, beset with hallucinations, forever in search of the manifestation, of the miracle.
She looked down the long table, studying its occupants one by one, from Gus Trenor, with his heavy carnivorous head sunk between his shoulders, as he preyed on a jellied plover, to his wife, at the opposite end of the long bank of orchids, suggestive, with her glaring good-looks, of a jeweller’s window lit by electricity.
Quotes with PREYED (3)
If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away. This responsiveness had nothing to do with that flabby impressionability which is dignified under the name of the "creative temperament"--it was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have …
Why did this keep happening? Why her? Perhaps there was some pheromone certain people omitted, perceivable only on a wavelength unique to those individuals who preyed on them.
It is a pity that there are no big creatures to prey on humanity. If there were enough dragons and rocs, perhaps mankind would turn its might against them. Unfortunately man is preyed upon by microbes, which are too small to be appreciated.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, LAT, Newsday, NYT, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 25 times in crossword archives (1953–2023).