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单词 marauding
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Definition of marauding in English:

marauding

adjective məˈrɔːdɪŋməˈrɔdɪŋ
  • Going about in search of things to steal or people to attack.

    marauding gangs of youths
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Since then, they were more like marauding nomads.
    • They ceded the streets to marauding looters.
    • The peaceful citizens of this State persecuted by the marauding mercenaries should not be forced to mount demonstration to get the state machinery moving.
    • Consequently, the Magyars received their knowledge of Christianity partly from the Catholic population already existing in the country, and partly from the ecclesiastics whom they captured in their marauding expeditions.
    • But soon it will fall prey to the marauding demonic forces of evil.
    • In its favour, there is some genuine tension in the car chase sequences, and the marauding gangs of children seem not only authentic but realistically threatening.
    • However, it was never intended as a stronghold in the sense that Clitheroe Castle was, but simply a place of retreat from the marauding bands of Border raiders.
    • Historians have traced the law of war to chivalric codes followed by knights and to efforts by the medieval Catholic Church to protect pilgrims and clergy from marauding warriors.
    • It is not precisely determined when leprosy first made its appearance in Norway, but it likely entered Norway from the British Isles during the time of marauding Vikings.
    • Naturally, this ultimate injustice sends the marauding youth into all-out frenzy when they descend upon the community in a violent final confrontation.
    • Gangs of marauding teenagers descend on the town at weekends and often become involved in criminal activity while drunk.
    • Usurpers within the caliphate and the marauding Berber armies they brought in from North Africa were to blame, but for a time Cordoba was the ornament of the world.
    • Its commanding position allowed tribes of centuries gone by to spot marauding Vikings and other undesirables approaching their territory.
    • Hollywood decided this part of the world was all about the lone sheriff facing gangs of gunmen and innocent settlers fending off marauding Indians.
    • His paternal instincts would naturally take over and he would do whatever was necessary to protect his daughter from these marauding psychopaths.
    • Surely the job of an army is to slaughter marauding foreigners, not its own troops?
    • By tomorrow, it will be impossible to enjoy a cruise or even a day of fishing without being boarded by a marauding bunch of hook-handed ocean bandits.
    • Those on the streets are vulnerable to marauding soldiers and criminals.
    • Once the guardians of the citadel granted permission to open the gates, is it any surprise that the marauding hordes came storming through?
    • The owner of the house where she and the baby were staying confirmed that marauding youths from the governing party had attacked the house.

Definition of marauding in US English:

marauding

adjectiveməˈrɔdɪŋməˈrôdiNG
  • Going about in search of things to steal or people to attack.

    marauding gangs of youths
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Those on the streets are vulnerable to marauding soldiers and criminals.
    • In its favour, there is some genuine tension in the car chase sequences, and the marauding gangs of children seem not only authentic but realistically threatening.
    • Since then, they were more like marauding nomads.
    • The owner of the house where she and the baby were staying confirmed that marauding youths from the governing party had attacked the house.
    • However, it was never intended as a stronghold in the sense that Clitheroe Castle was, but simply a place of retreat from the marauding bands of Border raiders.
    • But soon it will fall prey to the marauding demonic forces of evil.
    • Historians have traced the law of war to chivalric codes followed by knights and to efforts by the medieval Catholic Church to protect pilgrims and clergy from marauding warriors.
    • Once the guardians of the citadel granted permission to open the gates, is it any surprise that the marauding hordes came storming through?
    • By tomorrow, it will be impossible to enjoy a cruise or even a day of fishing without being boarded by a marauding bunch of hook-handed ocean bandits.
    • Its commanding position allowed tribes of centuries gone by to spot marauding Vikings and other undesirables approaching their territory.
    • It is not precisely determined when leprosy first made its appearance in Norway, but it likely entered Norway from the British Isles during the time of marauding Vikings.
    • Consequently, the Magyars received their knowledge of Christianity partly from the Catholic population already existing in the country, and partly from the ecclesiastics whom they captured in their marauding expeditions.
    • Surely the job of an army is to slaughter marauding foreigners, not its own troops?
    • Naturally, this ultimate injustice sends the marauding youth into all-out frenzy when they descend upon the community in a violent final confrontation.
    • Gangs of marauding teenagers descend on the town at weekends and often become involved in criminal activity while drunk.
    • The peaceful citizens of this State persecuted by the marauding mercenaries should not be forced to mount demonstration to get the state machinery moving.
    • They ceded the streets to marauding looters.
    • Hollywood decided this part of the world was all about the lone sheriff facing gangs of gunmen and innocent settlers fending off marauding Indians.
    • His paternal instincts would naturally take over and he would do whatever was necessary to protect his daughter from these marauding psychopaths.
    • Usurpers within the caliphate and the marauding Berber armies they brought in from North Africa were to blame, but for a time Cordoba was the ornament of the world.
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