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Devour

//dɪˈvaʊɚ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously. transitive

    "Once constituted, capital reproduces itself faster than output increases. The past devours the future."

  2. 2
    eat greedily wordnet
  3. 3
    To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste. idiomatic, transitive

    "The fire was devouring the building."

  4. 4
    eat up completely, as with great appetite wordnet
  5. 5
    To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze. idiomatic, transitive

    "She intended to devour the book."

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  1. 6
    to consume wordnet
  2. 7
    To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner. idiomatic, transitive

    "After the death of his wife, he was devoured by grief."

  3. 8
    enjoy avidly wordnet
  4. 9
    Synonym of eat: to be very good at something; to slay. Internet, intransitive

    "She devoured! She left no crumbs!"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English devouren, from Old French devorer (Modern French dévorer), from Latin dēvorō, from vorō.

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