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devours

verb

Meaning

  1. To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
  2. To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
  3. To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
  4. To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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