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devourer
Variant of devour
transitive verb
- to eat or eat up hungrily, greedily, or voraciously
- to consume or destroy with devastating force
- to take in greedily with the eyes, ears, or mind: the child devours fairy tales
- to absorb completely; engross: devoured by curiosity
- to swallow up; engulf
Related Forms:
- devourer noun
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