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marauding

/muh-raw-ding/US // məˈrɔ dɪŋ //UK // (məˈrɔːdɪŋ) //

劫掠,掠夺,掠夺性的,掠夺性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : engaged in raiding for plunder, especially roaming about and ravaging an area: marauding bands of outlaws.
    • : undertaken for plunder: a marauding raid.

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Examples

  • Players need to gain experience, defeat marauding enemies, earn rewards and recognition, and plunder loot.

  • His work also provides a graphic account of injured females who were assaulted by marauding “gangs” of Adélie males.

  • The marauding, man-eating Titans are mutated, androgynous beasts that have no need to feed but love to kill.

  • The original Russian state, “Old Russia,” was established at Novgorod in A.D. 862 by marauding Vikings.

  • Thousands perished en route to safer shores or fell prey to marauding pirates.

  • But to stop a marauding militia that has kidnapped tens of thousands of kids over decades, a more potent force is required.

  • In 1810 a threatened attack from a marauding horde of Kafirs was averted in answer to prayer.

  • Early in the day the united detachments encountered a very large force, under the command of the notorious marauding chief, Stock.

  • Fishing and swimming were their chief pastimes, with general marauding for adventure.

  • At his royal master's command, Triunnis once led a marauding expedition into the territory of the King of Brecknock.

  • An ingenious criminal who covers his secret thieving with a pretence of open marauding.