devour

Verb

Verb Forms: devoured, devouring, devours

• To eat food quickly and eagerly.
• destroy completely
  • "Fire had devoured our home"
• enjoy avidly
  • "She devoured his novels"
• eat immoderately
• eat greedily
  • "he devoured three sandwiches"
• To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
• To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
• To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
• To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.
• Synonym of eat: to be very good at something; to slay.

Examples

• After the death of his wife, he was devoured by grief.
• She devoured! She left no crumbs!
• She intended to devour the book.
• She would devour any opportunity to land a bingo, especially if it used a ’Z’ or ’Q’.
• The fire was devouring the building.

Synonyms

consume, down, go through, guttle, pig, raven, bang, devastate, devour, eat, eat and leave no crumbs, excel, go hard, gobble, gorge, kick, kick ass, overwhelm, rock, rule, shine, slap, slay, wolf#Verb

Related Words

voracious