man-eating

[ man-ee-ting ]

/ ˈmænˌi tɪŋ /

feeding on or having an appetite for human flesh: a man-eating tiger.

Origin of man-eating

First recorded in 1600–10

In the course of her remarkable travels Thecla baptizes herself by diving into a pool of “man-eating seals.”

First Anglican Woman Bishop A Return to Christian Roots |Candida Moss |December 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The marauding, man-eating Titans are mutated, androgynous beasts that have no need to feed but love to kill.

This Author Kills More Darlings Than George R.R. Martin |David Levesley |September 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Our pond is short on man-eating sharks, but I can set bear traps on the bottom.

Why I Hate The Beach |P. J. O’Rourke |July 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And if you can work in man-eating hippopotami, sexy vampires, or a robot that shoots lasers out of its eyes, all the better.

Benjamin Percy: How I Write |Noah Charney |June 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Her latest role is a small but powerful one, and does plenty to erase any memories of her cosmo-swilling, man-eating alter-ego.

The Yes List: A Sex and the City Star Strips Down |The Daily Beast |April 8, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The match goes out—irreverently I light many more under her chin, under that heavy, man-eating jaw.

Egypt (La Mort De Philae) |Pierre Loti
But even as he gloated over his revenge, the words of Bill Dawson came to him, "Hold that man-eating temper of yours."

The Upward Path |Various
At the fort we crossed the chasm on the stone debris of an ancient dam, when we began hunting for the man-eating rock.

Looking Back |Merrick Abner Richardson
When one is not escaping from a man-eating trout one is eluding a vampire bat.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 24, 1914 |Various
There are even 'man-eating seasons,' as there are in civilized countries hunting seasons.

In Search of the Castaways |Jules Verne

man-eating

eating human flesh

informal (of a woman) having many lovers