as in devoured
to swallow or eat greedily
the college students scarfed the entire contents of the care package in one sitting
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Smith, the charity board member, stands in between the long blades of grass that have grown back where blazing fires devoured everything in its path just a year ago.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025 -
Pair the charming size with the combination of pumpkin and cheesecake, and prepare for them to be devoured in minutes.—
Jorie Nicole McDonald,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
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Medicines needing to be inhaled or smoked are prohibited unless in a prescribed inhaler.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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The fungus releases spores that rise into the air and can be inhaled, Thompson said.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
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So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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As for socialism, the factories of the Eastern Bloc gobbled up resources, using two to three times as much steel as capitalist factories for every dollar of output produced.—
Matthew Mitchell,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
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Detroit gobbled its crab cakes.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Scarfed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarfed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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