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devour
(d/I/'v/AU/r )

verb (v)

  • destroy completely(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Fire had devoured our home.
    source: wordnet30
  • enjoy avidly(verb.emotion)
    Example:
    She devoured his novels.
    source: wordnet30
  • eat immoderately(verb.consumption)
    source: wordnet30
  • eat greedily(verb.consumption)
    Example:
    He devoured three sandwiches.
    Synonym:
    guttle, pig, raven
    source: wordnet30
  • To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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