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What is the verb for predator?

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predate
  1. To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)
  2. (transitive) To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Historians believe that these rolls predate the faith, and began with ancient Greeks, Romans, and Britons.”
prey on
  1. (transitive) To eat (as prey).
  2. (transitive) To exploit or victimize.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “These animals prey on worms and insects, and frequently even on one another.”
      “Isle Royale wolves prey on moose at all times of the year.”
      “In most areas where mountain lions prey on substantial numbers of sheep, it is relatively few of the cougars that do most of the killing.”
predate
prey
  1. (intransitive) To act as a predator.
preys on
predates
preys
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prey
  2. Examples:
    1. “He preys on people who are easily influenced, such as school leavers who want to be in a girl band.”
      “A beneficial insect is usually defined by the gardener as one that preys on insects that can damage plants of value to that very same gardener.”
      “It preys on women's sense of fear and anger, and on men's feelings of guilt and shame.”
predated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of predate
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The first woman rabbi predated the entry of women into the priesthood by seventeen years and after a similar struggle for recognition.”
      “His newspaper contributions predated his novels by over two decades, as he looked to supplement his income as a civil servant.”
      “In English, the roots of many words can be found in Latin and Greek and in the language that most likely predated them, called Indo-European.”
preyed on
preyed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of prey
  2. Examples:
    1. “Sponges are preyed upon by gastropods, polychaetes, asteroids, echinoids, turtles, and fishes.”
      “Tadpoles and froglets can be preyed on by other frogs, crayfish, fish, turtles, and dragonfly larvae.”
      “The result, especially when heterotrophs are preyed upon by other heterotrophs, is a food chain.”
predating
  1. present participle of predate
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Lower amphibolite-grade regional metamorphism predating intrusion of the Ballachulish Igneous Complex may have resulted in some monazite growth.”
      “Japanese umbrella pine is a living relic predating the age of the dinosaurs.”
      “Like all traditional appraisals, these appraisals characterize weapons and military equipment during the stages predating the object's existence.”
preying on
preying
  1. present participle of prey
  2. Examples:
    1. “That vote may have been evilly garnered by preying on people's baser tendencies, but again, a vote's a vote.”
      “It looks like a preying mantis, has a huge hook to snare its prey and is coming to a rocky shoreline near you.”
      “Perhaps even more worrying, the pythons may be preying on native mangrove fox squirrels and wood storks.”
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