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devoursverbpresent tense third-person singular of devour to destroy all trace ofa series of devastating storms devoured the beach on the south side of the island consumes, eats (up) gutsdepletes, drains, exhausts, expends, spends, uses upannihilates, decimates, demolishes, desolates, devastates, does in, pulverizes, razes, ruins, shatters, smashes, tears down, wastes, wrecksannihilates, blots out, eradicates, exterminates, extinguishes, extirpates, obliterates, removes, rubs out, stamps (out), wipes out conserves, preserves, protects, savesbuilds, constructs, erects, puts up, raises to make complete use ofa catastrophic medical event that devoured their savings absorbs, burns, consumes, depletes, drains, draws down, exhausts, expends, plays out, spends, uses up abates, decreases, de-escalates, diminishes, downsizes, dwindles, lessens, lowers, reduceseats, usesbankrupts, cleans (out), impoverishescripples, debilitates, disables, enfeebles, saps, undermines, weakensdries up, emptiesblows, dissipates, fritters (away), guzzles, lavishes, misspends, runs through, squanders, throws away, wastes runs out of renews, replaces augments, enlarges, increasesbolsters, enforces, fortifies, reinforces(also reenforces), strengthensrebuilds, repairs, restores, revivesconserves, preserves, saves to swallow or eat greedilythe starving villagers simply devoured the relief food bolts, crams, gluts(archaic), gobbles, gorges, gormandizes, gulps, ingurgitates, inhales, ravens, scarfs, scoffs, slops, wolfs overeats, pigs out, swills nibbles, pecks, picks |