When a dog is very hungry, it devours its food.
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Devours
Synonyms for "devours" (181 found)
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An emptiness devours my heart.
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After realizing copulation, the female praying mantis usually devours the male.
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The bee makes honey, which the drone devours. The wasp and the hornet molest with a sting: and especially cattle, so do the gadfly (breeze), the fly and the gnat.
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