WOLFED Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

wolfed

verb

past tense of wolf

as in devoured

to swallow or eat greedily don't wolf your food or you'll be sick

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Recent Examples of wolfed Wednesday reunites with Enid, who is part of the pack now that she’s fully wolfed out. — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025 In 2019, one edition that sold for $190,000 at Art Basel Miami was wolfed down by performance artist David Datuna. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 29 Nov. 2024 Every 30 days, expect an array of songs, diverse and delicious, served hot off the flat-top and waiting to be wolfed down. — Amanda Peukert, SPIN, 1 Oct. 2024

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Their father devoured his meal, slurping up soup with his right hand and swallowing bread spread with miso paste with his left.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Suddenly, you’re scooped up, whisked to a perch, and efficiently devoured by a blue dasher dragonfly.

— Rachel Sargent Mirus, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of devoured

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Spores can enter through a cut in the skin or be inhaled or ingested.

— RJ Mackenzie, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026
There's been a drastic increase Fine particulates and gases, including carbon monoxide, are inhaled and can lodge deep within the lungs, causing inflammation and irritation.

— Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 19 July 2026

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In June, 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, 4 Aug. 2026
The Scottish Premiership is not platforming nearly enough teenage talents and the very best ones are being gobbled up by English academies.

— Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

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