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devour

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To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.

To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate.

To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses.

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Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal Source: Internet

The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them Source: Internet

he devoured three sandwiches Source: Internet

Fire had devoured our home Source: Internet

She devoured his novels Source: Internet

A few months ago over dinner I watched my friend devour spoonfuls of nutritional yeast as though it was caviar. Source: Internet

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