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pounced

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1. pounced - Adjective

2. pounced - Verb

Meaning

Furnished with claws or talons; as, the pounced young of the eagle.

Ornamented with perforations or dots.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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It is the fate of every great achievement to be pounced upon by pedants and imitators who drain it of life and turn it into an orthodoxy which stifles all stirrings of originality. Eric Hoffer

She teaches me that the world is made to be pounced on and enjoyed, and that there is absolutely no reason at all to hold back. Annie Ernaux

Aaron Gillane fired 2-6 and substitute Seamus Flanagan pounced for a third goal late on that acted as the insurance score for John Kiely’s side. Source: Internet

Chicago, 1983 When a final composition was achieved, scaled-up full-size cartoons were often made, which were then pricked with a pin and "pounced" with a bag of soot to leave dotted lines on the surface as a guide. Source: Internet

After the rise of fake news sites where marketers were attacked for appearing, companies like DoubleVerify pounced on the opportunity to provide media-agency networks such as GroupM with better brand safety tools. Source: Internet

Ekurhuleni metro police and the SAPS have pounced on a facility where expired sweets, chocolates, drinks and snacks were being “reprocessed and repackaged” for sale to consumers in Gauteng. Source: Internet

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