devours

present tense third-person singular of devour
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as in inhales
to swallow or eat greedily the starving villagers simply devoured the relief food

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Verb
  • In the skies, every movement consumes precious energy, and there isn’t much of it.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Each is necessary and consumes daily chunks of time, but each has the option for delegation or automation.
    Matt Reynolds, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Set in 1950, Queer follows William Lee (Craig), an American expat in Mexico City, who spends his days almost entirely alone, except for a few contacts with other members of the small American community.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Apart from a handful of songs, Gaga spends most of the movie in the literal background.
    Samantha Allen, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Studies show that switching between tasks reduces efficiency, increases mistakes, and exhausts the brain faster than focused work does.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The psychosis occurs when the mania exhausts itself, when the encounter with reality is the only thing left for it (and mania fears reality more than anything else).
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • As sea ice disappears, it is replaced by a growing expanse of dark ocean water that absorbs sunlight rather than reflecting it.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Pectin also absorbs water in the digestive tract, which helps to create larger, softer stools that are easier to pass.
    Anna Meyer, CPT, Health, 16 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • This daily process keeps me aligned with my goals and reduces unnecessary stress.
    Sardor Umrdinov, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Studies show that switching between tasks reduces efficiency, increases mistakes, and exhausts the brain faster than focused work does.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • While the specter of cannibalism haunts Yellowjackets’ flashbacks (until Shauna finally eats her dead bestie Jackie’s ear in the season 2 premiere), Class of ‘07 plays that survival trope—along with food poisoning, a lack of working toilets, and in one case murder—for macabre laughs.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Each inspector eats out around 300 times a year and has 150 overnight stays.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Devours.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devours. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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