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Meanings of devour in English
To eat by swallowing large bits of food with little or no chewing.
Usage of devour in English
1
Despair will devour every good thing until there's nothing but bitter regret.
2
The sexes devour each other; marriage is the vulgarest proposition of chance.
3
The rest of the buck he gave to the lion to devour.
4
If you harm him, then it will certainly devour the fair Charlotte.
5
The Indians eagerly seized the hot meat and began to devour it.
6
The ravenous manner in which they devour their food is almost incredible.
7
It is equally well-known that the hyenas devour the bodies so exposed.
8
I also wanted to devour him one succulent morsel at a time.
9
It was a surprise, and a delight, to see children devour books.
10
Will the fish devour our tiny invertebrates and thus unbalance our ecosystem?
11
The only way to find out was to actually devour a man.
12
The hungry, Satanic humour in them roved, seeking what it might devour.
13
When one of the pack falls through weakness, the others devour him.
14
If Jeth went in there looking guilty, Hammer would devour him whole.
15
She will follow us, and through us she will devour the Kingdom.
16
They'll be able to call up the most spirits to devour tonight.
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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