1
as in consumes
to destroy all trace of
a series of devastating storms devoured the beach on the south side of the island
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in spends
to make complete use of
a catastrophic medical event that devoured their savings
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of devours
But May also routinely devours Tool, Nine Inch Nails, and jazz albums from Miles Davis.
—
Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
But in Washington, politics devours everything, even the sacred.
—Tara Palmeri, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
Gratitude requires perspective, but perpetual outrage devours perspective.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
Without virtue, liberty collapses into chaos, and freedom devours itself.
—Carolyn McKinney, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Every revolution devours its children.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
And Sacks, a PayPal Mafia member and veteran Silicon Valley investor, is just the sort of titan of industry this town routinely devours and humiliates — from Rex Tillerson to, well, Elon Musk.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Even as the gyre devours the sun.
—Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
But in Washington, politics devours everything, even the sacred.
—Tara Palmeri, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
Gratitude requires perspective, but perpetual outrage devours perspective.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
Without virtue, liberty collapses into chaos, and freedom devours itself.
—Carolyn McKinney, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Every revolution devours its children.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
And Sacks, a PayPal Mafia member and veteran Silicon Valley investor, is just the sort of titan of industry this town routinely devours and humiliates — from Rex Tillerson to, well, Elon Musk.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Even as the gyre devours the sun.
—Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devours
Verb
-
Wi-Fi consumes more power, so the Wi-Fi routers that connect devices to each other and the internet typically have to be plugged into an outlet.—
Shreyas Sen,
The Conversation,
23 Feb. 2026
-
My family consumes the world through a screen.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
Verb
-
In Italy, the couple only spends about $1,246 per month, including utilities and living expenses.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2026
-
BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
-
Board member Nicole Gribstad also urged the committee to include an option that delays such a decision and exhausts all other financial alternatives before closing schools.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
-
But freedom of expression is a constant pursuit, as natural as breathing, and silencing it is an imperfect practice that exhausts the oppressor and energizes the oppressed.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
-
What's more, while virtually all VTOLs being developed these days are electric, the Janus-1 is powered by a turboshaft engine that gulps n' burns diesel, kerosene or Jet A fuel.—
Ben Coxworth
October 21,
New Atlas,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
Such a conviction, which appears in many more novels than Smallwood’s, drains fiction of life.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
-
Many gardeners are plagued with sandy soil that drains too quickly, clay soil that retains water too long, or soil that simply doesn’t produce very vigorous plants.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
-
Director Allan Deberton crams much story and characterization in those opening frames.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2026
-
Instead, the show crams everything into a space that can't hold it, culminating in this past third season that exploded with too much of practically everything.—
Matthew Razak,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
-
But what absorbs him most is the intense kinship that the San feel with the elephants, to the point where, at a bonfire dance, a kind of cross-species migration of souls seems to take place.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2026
-
The body absorbs them both well.—
Amy Brownstein,
Verywell Health,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
-
When Dunk proposes to Prince Maekar that maybe the Seven spared him for some future purpose, Maekar scoffs.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
-
The mysterious Egg scoffs at Dunk’s rope belt but offers to be his squire.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Devours.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devours. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
