devours
Eats with abandon
Devours is the third-person singular of devour, meaning to eat hungrily or consume completely.
Animals devour prey; a hungry person devours a meal.
The word extends to any rapid, thorough consumption: She devours mystery novels, Fire devoured the building.
Someone can be devoured by jealousy or grief—consumed from within.
Takes in completely
- swallowsGulps or migratory birds
- ingestsTakes into body
- gobblesConsumes with haste
- gorgesSteep-walled river valleys
gulps · wolfs down · scarfs · inhales · bolts · crams · stuffs · guzzles
Excessively fond of eating
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
- hungryWanting to eat
ravenous · wolfish · piggish · greedy · feasting · bingeing · gorging · stuffing
Destructive effects over time
- decimatesDestroys most of
- devastatesDestroys thoroughly and completely
- annihilatesDestroys utterly and completely
- obliteratesDestroys completely
ruins · lays waste · wrecks · razes · eradicates · demolishes · destroys · engulfs
Hunts for sustenance
- huntsPursues prey actively
- stalksFollows obsessively or secretly
- pouncesLeaps to attack
- seizesTakes by force
captures · kills · predator · prowling · scavenging · foraging · attacks · strikes
Wholly occupies attention
- captivatesHolds rapt attention
- immersesPlunges into liquid
- enthrallsCaptures attention completely
- gripsHolds firmly onto
obsesses · preoccupies · fascinates · spellbinds · rivets · mesmerizes · entrances · loses oneself
consumes
Takes in completely
gorges · gulps · wolfs down · scarfs · inhales · bolts · crams · stuffs · guzzles · polishes off
gluttonous
Excessively fond of eating
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
hungry · ravenous · wolfish · piggish · greedy · feasting · bingeing · gorging · stuffing · overindulging
ravages
Destructive effects over time
- decimatesDestroys most of
- devastatesDestroys thoroughly and completely
- annihilatesDestroys utterly and completely
obliterates · ruins · lays waste · wrecks · razes · eradicates · demolishes · destroys · engulfs · overwhelms
preys on
Hunts for sustenance
seizes · captures · kills · predator · prowling · scavenging · foraging · attacks · strikes · ambushes
engrosses
Wholly occupies attention
- captivatesHolds rapt attention
- immersesPlunges into liquid
- enthrallsCaptures attention completely
grips · obsesses · preoccupies · fascinates · spellbinds · rivets · mesmerizes · entrances · loses oneself · binge-watches