DEVOURER Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

devourer

noun

Definition of devourer

as in destroyer

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Recent Examples of devourer The famous 1796 Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, the town-devourer, his hand solemnly outstretched, hung in a frame near the entrance. — Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

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Noun

The missile launch followed a North Korean media report that leader Kim Jong Un visited a naval shipyard building a destroyer and stressed the importance of a powerful naval force.

— Reuters, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2026
Each ship will use four LM2500 gas turbines, giving GE another production order for an engine that has powered every active Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of destroyer

Noun

Sadly for Tom, one of the two sponges in his cake tastes more like swamp water than pistachio, knocking him out of the running for his fourth Star Baker.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026
When reefs collapse, the coral dies and is replaced by algae and sponges which are not able to support as diverse a range of marine life.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of sponge

Noun

Kraus explains that was an era where practicing medicine involved leeches; germs hadn't been discovered and antibiotics hadn't been invented.

— Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
Yes, tap water is lower in microplastics than most bottled water, but bottling that tap water in plastic means microplastics leech into it.

— Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of leech

Noun

Passed in 1996, the federal legislation has protected social media companies from being sued over content posted by their users.

— Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
Anthropic has introduced a Personal Finance feature in Claude that allows users to connect their bank and credit card accounts and ask questions about their money in everyday language.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026

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