Thesaurus: devour

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1. v. t. To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.
2. v. t. To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate.
3. v. t. To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses.
4. v. to consume
5. v. enjoy avidly
6. v. eat up completely, as with great appetite
7. v. eat greedily
8. 1. To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon. Some evil beast hath devoured him. Gen. xxxvii. 20. 2. To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate. Famine and pestilence shall devour him. Ezek. vii. 15. I waste my life and do my days devour. Spenser. 3. To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses. Longing they look, and gaping at the sight, Devour her o'er with vast delight. Dryden. Syn. -- To consume; waste; destroy; annihilate.
9. v:100 v. destroy completely v. enjoy avidly v. eat immoderately v. eat greedily