as in devours
to swallow or eat greedily
the rat ravened the poisoned bait just as we had hoped
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Even as the gyre devours the sun.—
Alaa Alqaisi
August 13,
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“Ravens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravens. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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