chew up
Mangle with teeth
To chew up is to damage or destroy something by crushing, grinding, or rough treatment.
Machinery chews up materials: The shredder chewed up the documents.
Roads get chewed up by heavy traffic.
Figuratively, a person can be chewed up by a brutal system or experience: The legal process chewed him up and spit him out.
To chew up time or resources is to consume them rapidly: Streaming video chews up bandwidth.
Bite repeatedly at
- chompLoud, vigorous mouthwork
- grindCrush into particles
- munchTo gnaw steadily
- crunchCrushing, grinding noise
nibble · bite · teeth · molars · jaw · mandible · bolus · saliva
Torn fragment
- tearTo pull apart
- mangleSeverely damage or distort
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- wreckDestroyed vessel or vehicle
damage · mutilate · ravage · tatter · rip · destroy · deface · maul
Use up entirely
- drainChannel for wastewater
- burn throughConsume rapidly, completely
- expendUse until gone
- squanderUse up carelessly
Eat greedily and fast
- gobbleEat fast and greedily
- wolf downEat very quickly
- swallowSend down the throat
- gulpHasty, large swallow
ingest · scarf · polish off · finish off · demolish
gnaw
Bite repeatedly at
crunch · nibble · bite · teeth · molars · jaw · mandible · bolus · saliva · tongue
shred
Torn fragment
wreck · damage · mutilate · ravage · tatter · rip · destroy · deface · maul · lacerate
exhaust
Use up entirely
- drainChannel for wastewater
- burn throughConsume rapidly, completely
- expendUse until gone
squander · waste · eat into · consume · erode · sap · devour
devour
Eat greedily and fast
gulp · ingest · scarf · polish off · finish off · demolish
berate
Criticize severely and lengthily
lambaste · castigate · dress down · tear into · lay into · blast · give hell · chastise · tell off
- mouth actionsbite, biting, swallowing, licking, chomp
- deterioratedecay, rot, deteriorate, decompose, corrode