As nouns the difference between marauding and wolfpack
is that
marauding is raiding and pillaging while
wolfpack is a family or other group of wild wolves.
As a verb marauding
is .
As an adjective marauding
is raiding and pillaging.
marauding English
Verb
(head)
Adjective
( en adjective)
raiding and pillaging
- a marauding band
(of an animal) killing in wanton fashion.
- A marauding stoat entered the rabbit warren and killed fifteen bunnies.
(of an animal) killing domestic animals.
- The marauding lion jumped the fence and killed the goat.
See also
* maraud
* marauder
Noun
( en noun)
Raiding and pillaging.
* 1834 , R Thomas, The Glory Of America (page 514)
- On the 22d, the corporation of Albany passed a vote of thanks to General Heath, for the alacrity which he had displayed in defending the northern frontiers of the state of New York against the maraudings of the enemy.
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wolfpack English
Alternative forms
* wolf pack, wolf-pack
Noun
( en noun)
A family or other group of wild wolves.
(idiomatic, historical) During World War II, any of various marauding groups of submarines, especially German submarines that patrolled the North Atlantic and preyed upon merchant ships.
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