devourverb [ T ]
uk/dɪˈvaʊər/us/dɪˈvaʊ.ɚ/to eat something eagerly and in large amounts so that nothing is left:
The young cubs hungrily devoured the deer.
literary to destroy something completely:
The flames quickly devoured the building.
to read books or literature quickly and eagerly:
She loves to read - she devours one book after another.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Eating
- al desko
- ate
- binge
- binge eating
- bite
- consume
- feast
- feast on sth
- feeder
- feeding
- finish
- gorge
- pig out
- put sth away
- scarf
- scoff
- shovel sth into your mouth idiom
- stoke
- swallow
- tuck
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Destroying and demolishing
Reading
Idiom(s)
be devoured by sth