GOBBLED Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

gobbled

verb

past tense of gobble

as in devoured

to swallow or eat greedily gobbled the sandwiches like they hadn't eaten for days

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Recent Examples of gobbled Last month, in a move that reverberated through the tech industry, Apple raised prices across nearly all of its product lines in response to the surging costs of memory and storage, which are being gobbled up for AI infrastructure. — Mark Yarm, PC Magazine, 15 July 2026 This family- and crowd-friendly meal gets gobbled up at all kinds of occasions. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 July 2026 In addition to the vineyard, Soloviev had gobbled up more than 1,000 acres of farmland and announced his intention to build luxury homes on part of the property. — Reeves Wiedeman, Curbed, 22 June 2026 His 40-yard bunker shot was sublime and set up a 6-foot birdie on the 13th hole, the reachable par 4 that moments earlier gobbled up McIlroy and Schauffele. — ABC News, 17 May 2026 In the past several years, unspent funds from DOC vacancies have been gobbled up by shocking overtime costs that exceed $30 million monthly. — Jason Rodriguez, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026 In certain places, retailers and developers — many of which receive hefty tax incentives from the state — have gobbled up much of the usable land and pushed property values to levels that were once unimaginable. — Justin Mayo, New York Times, 12 May 2026 The pieces have accreted over time, gobbled up from years and years of StackExchange posts and Reddit threads. — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026 Spots are gobbled up within minutes of going online for reservations, with the beachfront spots among the hardest to nab in the State Park’s system. — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 2 May 2026

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Apocalyptic footage shows a Canadian train crew trapped in their locomotive as it’s devoured by a wildfire.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 15 July 2026
It had been pulled into the river and devoured by an enormous crocodile.

— Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026

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Dangers from wildfire smoke Smoke is made up of tiny particles that can be inhaled deep into a person's lungs and even enter the bloodstream.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 16 July 2026
Wildfire smoke contains noxious or poisonous gases and particulate matter, tiny particles that can be inhaled deep into the lungs, affecting people with respiratory problems, says the Environmental Protection Agency.

— Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 16 July 2026

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