to devour
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3.9
- verb
- /dɪˈvaʊər/
:
devorar
- The hungry child devoured the sandwich in just a few minutes.
And they were just devouring it and completely loving the product.
- And they were just devouring it and completely loving the product.
- This made it so that I could manage crisis without having it devour me or devour my day.
- Christ devoured the sorrow afflicting him.
- He was devoured by Trump on the debate stage and he kind of fizzled out.
- It's true because they they will take any emotion you have and they will devour you.
- That's actually no, we won't take a break because I I love just seeing you devour that.
- I'm talking about this gigantic metastasized monster devouring everything right down to spirit.
- I grew up across the street from a heavy drug user and she devoured her family just by her drug use.
- But the giant murderous Titan creatures that will stop at nothing to devour every last human?
- Look, if the Black Plague is devouring your nation, there's not as much time for experiential Christianity.
Examples
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Its expandable stomach allows the Komodo to devour up to 80% of its body weight in a single meal.
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Both are voracious insects that devour a wide range of plant-destroying insects.
Academic text (1997) -
That thing will devour our crops for sure.
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It will attack and devour anything.
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These Outsiders will devour everything in their path.
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And they were just devouring it and completely loving the product.
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For example, modern society devours a considerable amount of energy on a daily basis.
Academic text (1992) -
In the process, however, it is creating a monster that threatens to devour Pakistani society.
Academic text (2000) -
Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security outlays could devour our tax base even sooner.
Academic text (2006) -
He devours anything that walks, flies, crawls.
Synonyms
564
6.6
Gradually use up money or fuel
53
6.0
To destroy something completely, often by fire or disease
27
3.6
To enjoy something very much with your senses, like a beautiful view
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3.1
Use up money or time quickly
19
3.0
To eat something quickly and eagerly
12
5.9
To eat a very large amount of food greedily
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6.1
To eat quickly and greedily
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5.8
Eat food very quickly when you are very hungry
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3.4
To eat a large amount of food quickly
3
8.2
To eat a lot of food very quickly
2
3.7
Eat all the food very quickly
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9.9
To eat a lot of food quickly without control
1
9.9
To eat a lot of food very quickly
To eat something quickly and greedily
To eat food quickly and greedily
To eat too much food in a greedy way
To eat a lot of food very fast without stopping
To eat too much in a greedy way
Antonyms
How Completely
Surface Forms
Etymology
Devour comes from Latin devorare, with de- 'completely' and vorare 'to swallow', giving the strong image of something being eaten up. That's why we say fire or time can 'devour' a building or idea when they consume it completely.