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Definition of "devour" []
- To eat up greedily. See Synonyms at eat. (verb-transitive)
- To destroy, consume, or waste: Flames devoured the structure in minutes. (verb-transitive)
- To take in eagerly: devour a novel. (verb-transitive)
- To prey upon voraciously: was devoured by jealousy. (verb-transitive)
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Use "devour" in a sentence
- "The word devour had gained a fresh resonance for me."
- "Lord shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace."
- "I should yearn to read His Word and devour it any opportunity I get."