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1. Destroy completely
   "Fire had devoured our home"
    
2. Enjoy avidly
   "She devoured his novels"
    
3. Eat immoderately
   - down, consume, go through
    
4. Eat greedily
   "he devoured three sandwiches"
   - guttle, raven, pig

Derived forms: devouring, devoured, devours

See also: devourer

Type of: bask, destroy, eat, enjoy, relish, ruin, savor [US], savour [Brit, Cdn], spifflicate, spiflicate

Encyclopedia: Devour