rap-, rav- (Latin: tearing away, seizing, swift, rapid; snatch away, seize, carry off; from Latin rapere, "to seize by force and carry off").eurapture:
rapacious:
rape:
rapid:
rapids:
rapine:
rapt:
rapture:
ravage:
ravenous:
The central modern meaning of ravenous, "very hungry", developed from the notion of predatory animals that seize and eat their prey. This word came from Latin rapere, "seize by force", ancestor of the English word rape.
ravine:
ravish:
surreptitious:
usurp:
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