ravening

(verb) obtain or seize by violence. Synonyms: raven.

(verb) prey on or hunt for. Synonyms: raven, prey, predate. Example: "These mammals predate certain eggs."

(verb) eat greedily. Synonyms: devour, guttle, raven, pig. Example: "He devoured three sandwiches."

(verb) feed greedily. Synonyms: raven. Example: "The lions ravened the bodies."

(adj) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey. Synonyms: predatory, rapacious, raptorial, vulturine, vulturous. Examples: "A predatory bird." "The rapacious wolf." "Raptorial birds." "Ravening wolves." "A vulturine taste for offal."

(adj) excessively greedy and grasping. Synonyms: rapacious, voracious. Examples: "A rapacious divorcee on the prowl." "Ravening creditors." "Paying taxes to voracious governments."

(adj) devouring or craving food in great quantities. Synonyms: edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravenous, voracious, wolfish. Examples: "Edacious vultures." "A rapacious appetite." "Ravenous as wolves." "Voracious sharks."