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feeding frenzy

A wild, turbulent situation in which multiple sharks or other predatory fish attack one or more edible creatures simultaneously, in competition with each other.
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When the terrified, bleeding cow was washed overboard into the river, the hungry piranhas entered a feeding frenzy, churning the water red with blood.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'feeding frenzy':

feeding frenzyA voracious competition among would-be purchasers, etc. for limited resources.
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