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devourverb to destroy all trace ofa series of devastating storms devoured the beach on the south side of the island consume, eat (up) gutdeplete, drain, exhaust, expend, spend, use upannihilate, decimate, demolish, desolate, devastate, do in, pulverize, raze, ruin, shatter, smash, tear down, waste, wreckannihilate, blot out, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, obliterate, remove, rub out, stamp (out), wipe out conserve, preserve, protect, savebuild, construct, erect, put up, raise to make complete use ofa catastrophic medical event that devoured their savings absorb, burn, consume, deplete, drain, draw down, exhaust, expend, play out, spend, use up abate, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, reduceeat, usebankrupt, clean (out), impoverishcripple, debilitate, disable, enfeeble, sap, undermine, weakendry up, emptyblow, dissipate, fritter (away), guzzle, lavish, misspend, run through, squander, throw away, waste run out of renew, replace augment, enlarge, increasebolster, enforce, fortify, reinforce(also reenforce), strengthenrebuild, repair, restore, reviveconserve, preserve, save to swallow or eat greedilythe starving villagers simply devoured the relief food bolt, cram, glut(archaic), gobble, gorge, gormandize, gulp, ingurgitate, inhale, raven, scarf, scoff, slop, wolf overeat, pig out, swill nibble, peck, pick in the 14th century |