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devouredverbpast tense of devour to destroy all trace ofa series of devastating storms devoured the beach on the south side of the island ate (up), consumed gutteddepleted, drained, exhausted, expended, spent, used upannihilated, decimated, demolished, desolated, devastated, did in, pulverized, razed, ruined, shattered, smashed, tore down, wasted, wreckedannihilated, blotted out, eradicated, exterminated, extinguished, extirpated, obliterated, removed, rubbed out, stamped (out), wiped out conserved, preserved, protected, savedbuilt, constructed, erected, put up, raised to make complete use ofa catastrophic medical event that devoured their savings absorbed, burned(or burnt), consumed, depleted, drained, drew down, exhausted, expended, played out, spent, used up abated, decreased, de-escalated, diminished, downsized, dwindled, lessened, lowered, reducedate, usedbankrupted, cleaned (out), impoverishedcrippled, debilitated, disabled, enfeebled, sapped, undermined, weakeneddried up, emptiedblew, dissipated, frittered (away), guzzled, lavished, misspent, ran through, squandered, threw away, wasted ran out of renewed, replaced augmented, enlarged, increasedbolstered, enforced, fortified, reinforced(also reenforced), strengthenedrebuilt, repaired, restored, revivedconserved, preserved, saved to swallow or eat greedilythe starving villagers simply devoured the relief food bolted, crammed, glutted(archaic), gobbled, gorged, gormandized, gulped, ingurgitated, inhaled, ravened, scarfed, scoffed, slopped, wolfed overate, pigged out, swilled nibbled, pecked, picked |