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.

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