1
as in to gorge
to eat greedily or to excess everybody tends to gormandize on Thanksgiving—it's traditional!

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2
as in to devour
to swallow or eat greedily hungry soccer players who will gormandize whatever they happen to find in the fridge

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  • Chief among them is that kids have been gorging on Kit-Kats and Starbursts for decades, on this one day a year.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The cafeteria caved, and students were once again able to gorge on cookies at the bargain price of 25 cents apiece.
    Michael Collins, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
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  • Outdoor spiders are hard at work, devouring home and garden pests such as ants, flies, mosquitoes, aphids, and thrips.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Gwyneth Paltrow and Odessa A’zion are exquisite in their supporting roles, devouring every morsel of the Safdie and Ronald Bronstein script.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
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  • Those with access can feast on premium items from live kitchen stations.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Played by legendary arthouse actress Delphine Seyrig, the Countess Elizabeth Báthory soon reveals herself to be a succubus, who has maintained her Dietrich-like looks and poise by feasting on the blood of younger women.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
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  • Amy Louise Leonard, 20, a makeup artist from Greater Manchester in England, lost the ability to walk for three weeks after inhaling a balloon filled with nitrous oxide, commonly called laughing gas.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Some older people or those who are frail may not be able to generate enough of a strong, quick breath to effectively inhale the dry powdered version of the medicine.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • Perhaps a whale or a shark would arrive to gulp down the passengers, one by one.
    Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Both bands specialize in grooves that feel bulbous and fetid: kick drums gulping with fear, flickering guitars evoking lantern light.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Gormandize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gormandize. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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