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devourers

noun

plural of devourer
as in destroyers

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  1. leeches
  2. sponges
  3. users
  4. predators
Noun
  • The lightning-fast process leeches out flavor and compromises textures, and can produce bland, mushy results.
    — Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 June 2026
  • The fact is that leeches are relished by everything from walleyes and bass to trout and all the panfish.
    — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
Definition of leeches
Noun
  • For more than a century, scientists thought that sponges, or porifera, were the first to branch off — the sister group to all other animals.
    — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 16 Sep. 2026
  • These non-scratch sponges are safe to use on most surfaces and are easy to rinse clean.
    — Brooke Knappenberger, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of sponges
Noun
  • In addition, the share of users with at least eight rose from 62% to 71% over the past year.
    — Barbara Booth, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Jurors sided with prosecutors, finding Facebook made deceptive statements about protecting users’ data that affected New Mexico’s entire population of more than two million people.
    — Mikella Schuettler, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of users
Noun
  • Perverted Justice operatives found alleged predators in online chat rooms and would reel them in, eventually asking them to meet.
    — Samantha Bergeson, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
  • In these areas, coyotes and mountain lions are a mule deer’s primary predators.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of predators
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