devourmentn.
/dɪˈvaʊəmənt/ The action of devouring or consuming.
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1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 601 His faculties of devourment were next to boundless.
1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk II. 77 Supper announced to be ready for their ‘devourment’.
1891 Fun 3 June 233/2 We approached the devourment of this book with the keenest relish.
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