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feeding frenzy

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feeding frenzy 
1. Lit. [of sharks] a vicious, competitive feeding attack on prey animals. One of the sharks was fatally bitten during a feeding frenzy amongst his own kind.
2. Fig. a vicious attack on someone or something. It wasn't an office argument, it was a feeding frenzy led by the head accountant!
See also: feed, frenzy


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One could not escape the irony of such a discussion taking place in Dubai, still experiencing a feeding frenzy of international consultants of all kinds as construction continues to boom.
He sees no sign of the current feeding frenzy in the hotel sector abating, adding, "There's been a large volume of transaction activity at this point and I would expect that to even increase in the near term as market fundamentals continue to be excellent and investors' appetite for hotel product remains strong.
Vanderbilt University biologist Kenneth Catania and a colleague discovered this unrivaled feeding frenzy by filming the foraging moles, or Condylura cristata.
 
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