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devour

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de‧vour /dɪˈvaʊə $ -ˈvaʊr/ verb [transitive]
1to eat something quickly because you are very hungry:
The boys devoured their pancakes.
2to read something quickly and eagerly, or watch something with great interest:
He devoured science fiction books.
3be devoured by something to be filled with a strong feeling that seems to control you:
Cindy felt devoured by jealousy.
4 literary to destroy someone or something:
Her body had been almost entirely devoured by the disease.
5to use up all of something:
a job that devours all my energy
THESAURUS
to eat something quickly
gobble something up/down informal to eat something very quickly, especially because you like it very much or you are greedy: You’ve gobbled up all the ice-cream! | The children gobbled it down in no time.
wolf something down informal to eat food quickly, especially because you are very hungry or in a hurry: The boy wolfed down everything on his plate and asked for more.
bolt something down British English to eat food very quickly, especially because you are in a hurry: He bolted down his breakfast and was out of the door within 5 minutes. | You shouldn’t bolt your food down like that.
devour /dɪˈvaʊə $ -ˈvaʊr/ especially written to eat all of something quickly because you are very hungry: In a very short time, the snake had devoured the whole animal.

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