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• v  destroy completely
• v  enjoy avidly
• v  eat immoderately
• v  eat greedily
• s  (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous
  fierce devouring affection

• In response to the floods devouring Uganda, Magezi-Akiiki says that the government will now consider the effects of global warming, such as increased rainfall, in its planning of .
• He scampers over and snatches his banana from Emmanuel, devouring it in a couple of quick bites.
• Divas are expected to be difficult; opera lore is rife with tales of their devouring egos and overweening eccentricities -- not to mention the outrageous quirks of arrogant male .

• devour
• down
• consume
• go through
• guttle
• raven
• pig
• avid
• esurient
• greedy

News & Articles

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• Black Forest fire rages in Colorado, stirring up awful memories
  The out-of-control Black Forest fire in Colorado has destroyed nearly 100 homes. Residents who lived through the Waldo Canyon fire are under siege again. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The wind-whipped Black Forest fire continued to burn out of control Wednesday night, devouring thousands of brittle acres, destroying nearly 100 homes and forcing as many as 9,500 people to flee, some leaving with only ...
  June 13, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
• Colorado infernos likely to grow
  Anxiety chokes central Colorado like the smoke smothering its skies. Two ferocious wildfires are roaring across the region, scorching thousands of acres and devouring dozens of homes. "This part, not knowing if I have a house or not is the worst," said Paula Warren, one of thousands of residents forced to flee as the Black Forest Fire closed in on her home northeast of Colorado Springs. "I ...
  June 13, 2013 - KSAT San Antonio
• Wilfires sear landscape, force evacuations in Colo.
  Anxiety chokes central Colorado like the smoke smothering its skies. Two ferocious wildfires are roaring across the region, scorching thousands of acres and devouring dozens of homes.
  June 13, 2013 - WJXT Jacksonville