as in tiger
an aggressive and fiercely determined person
the governor-elect is too nice and easygoing, so he'll need a barracuda as his chief of staff
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Recent Examples of barracuda
At Looe, an hour spent floating above colorful parrotfish, angelfish and barracuda brings time to a near-standstill.
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Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
There, guests can swim amid psychedelic colored wrasses and butterflyfish, and backstroke with barracudas and reef sharks.
—Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
On a rocky outcropping by the water, fishermen like to gather to catch blue runner, mangrove snapper, grunt, barracuda and occasionally a blue crab.
—Nicolas Rivero, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Here, visitors can observe American kestrels, barracudas, Goliath groupers, and even rehabbing turtles at the Sea Turtle Care Center.
—Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2024
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Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
There, guests can swim amid psychedelic colored wrasses and butterflyfish, and backstroke with barracudas and reef sharks.
—Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
On a rocky outcropping by the water, fishermen like to gather to catch blue runner, mangrove snapper, grunt, barracuda and occasionally a blue crab.
—Nicolas Rivero, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Here, visitors can observe American kestrels, barracudas, Goliath groupers, and even rehabbing turtles at the Sea Turtle Care Center.
—Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barracuda
tiger
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Near the coast, in the Safari's final miles, there will be sting rays, as well as tiger and bull sharks.—
Morgan O'Hanlon,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2025
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Related Articles While these designers might be looking to adolescence — from drawing on upbringings spent among lions and tigers in South Africa to fighting against the constrictions of adulthood by refusing to grow up — there’s no Peter Pan syndrome here.—
Violet Goldstone,
Footwear News,
5 June 2025
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“Barracuda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barracuda. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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