devour

Definition

  • verb: to quickly eat all of (something) especially in a way that shows that you are very hungry
  • verb: to eat up greedily or ravenously
  • usually used as '(be) devoured'
  • synonyms: destroy, annihilate, waste

Examples

  • He watched intently, 'devouring' the scene before him with his eyes.

  • She 'devoured' every golf magazine she could find.

  • The forest was 'devoured' [='consumed'] by fire.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) BOTH: Aw! (STUTTERS) What just happened? - What was that? - What did that thing just do? - I'm sorry. Where were we? - Oh, yeah. (GROWLS AND LAUGHS) I'm gonna devour this thing. I'm gonna bite her arm clean off. (GRUNTS) (GIGGLES) You didn't bite her arm clean off. This tastes like flowers. (..)
    2016 Storks