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devour 
  vb tr 
1 to swallow or eat up greedily or voraciously 
2 to waste or destroy; consume 
the flames devoured the curtains  
3 to consume greedily or avidly with the senses or mind 
he devoured the manuscripts  
4 to engulf or absorb 
the flood devoured the land  
  (C14: from Old French devourer, from Latin devorare to gulp down, from de- + vorare to consume greedily; see voracious) 
♦  devourer  n 
♦  devouring  adj 
♦  devouringly  adv 

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