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

  • (..) Have you ever seen a rat leap through the air? They will leap onto your face and bore straight into it. Sometimes they attack the eyes first. Sometimes they burrow through the cheeks and devour the tongue. (whimpers) What do you want? No, please. (screams) I love you. (..)
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