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RAVENING

Definition:

[adjective] living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"
Synonyms: predatory, rapacious, raptorial, vulturine, vulturous
[adjective] excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments"
Synonyms: rapacious, voracious
[adjective] devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks"
Synonyms: edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravenous, voracious, wolfish