RAVENED Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

ravened

verb

past tense of raven

as in devoured

to swallow or eat greedily the rat ravened the poisoned bait just as we had hoped

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Soon Drews noticed the speed with which her cheesecakes were devoured.

— David Farley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2026
Typically just a minute or two in length, the videos are devoured by Chinese audiences at breakfast, on their morning commutes, during their lunch breaks and on their free time after work — and almost any time in between.

— Ling Wei, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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Messick emerged from the dugout tunnel Monday afternoon in a hoodie with cutoff sleeves, inhaled and reveled in the crisp air that tends to accompany a playoff race.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
The Midcentury Modern library where Rosales first inhaled the aroma of old books has changed.

— Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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Traditionalists scoffed at the ‘plastic’ boats, but the Swan 36 featured a revolutionary underwater design.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
But Jobs, who scoffed at formal succession planning and kept a tight lid on his company’s operations, did take the issue seriously, corporate governance experts told CNN.

— Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

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Still, every spare inch is crammed with more than 32 different kinds of orchids imported from around the world, including such beauties as the flame-like Epidendrum radicans and the rare Dimorphorchis lowii.

— Leigh-Ann Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Aliens land in Johannesburg in 1982 seeking refuge, but instead they're crammed into an internment camp called District 9.

— Grace Dean, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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