devour
memakan
definition
verb
he devoured half of his burger in one bite
eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.
example
I used to 'devour' my copies of Swimming World and read about how my competitors were doing, so when I got to the meet, I knew exactly what to expect from them.
Remember the population bomb, the fertility explosion set to 'devour' the world's food and suck up or pollute all its air and water?
I enjoyed the episodic structure, bringing back memories of the compilation books comprised of the classic strips that I used to 'devour' as a child.
A child and his father watch helplessly as the Bhagirathi waters slowly 'devour' Old Tehri town.
She had been watching Hawthorne 'devour' an old Golf Digest Magazine while on a long bus ride.
In fairness, I was caught up in this book and wanted to 'devour' it as if I hadn't had anything to read but comic books for a year.
To think that she used to 'devour' junk food at a whim.
Standing by the fireplace in his living room, Frank stares at the flames as they 'devour' the torn pieces of his wedding photograph.
A snake has to shed its skin; a snake has to 'devour' its prey.
She needed only to get a few yards out before being able to see the flames hungrily 'devour' her house.
I'll hop in, 'devour' a couple of Penguin classics, and emerge further up the road as the most learned freeloader in Argyll.
Predators, such as ladybugs and assassin bugs, 'devour' their prey.
Perhaps it's best if I just do things at my own pace - after all, even though I don't read so many books these days, I probably 'devour' more words each day than I ever have before.
Leaning over, she scatters the remains of the card into the fireplace, watching the flames 'devour' it and leave behind only ashes.
In New Zealand they weigh in at less than half a pound but can 'devour' any prey as large as they are and eat eggs two-and-a-half inches long.
And why do these kids always arrive at 5pm and ready to 'devour' any food in sight?
The wasp larvae that hatch out 'devour' their prey from the inside out, killing the egg or caterpillar in the process.
His literate sense of the handgun equates to a read you will find yourself 'devouring' as you would a fine steak at a world-class eatery.
The means to destroy the 'devourer' of the worlds was now literally in our hands, and all we needed to do was wield it properly.
Enraged, Gupan and Utar descended from the Chariot of The Clouds into the pit to do battle with Mot, 'devourer' of The Dead.
Flames roared as they 'devoured' the city and all of the people living within it.
He also 'devours' books, getting through six on his last holiday.
It is an abstraction of the process of fire 'devouring' the turf and many colours are seen when looking up at the glass.
He read Aristotle, Plato, Marx and Lenin and 'devoured' both great European novels and contemporary pulp fiction in binges of late-night reading.
She was as much an actress: a 'devourer' of words, books, theatre and cinema screen, costume and design, dance and folklore, as she was the vessel for her incredible voice.
Then give yourself permission to stop worrying about things you can't control, so you won't be 'devoured' by fear.
He helped himself to a slice of bread and cheese and 'devoured' the food hungrily.
So powerful was Doc's association of reading with eating, that he not only 'devoured' books as a boy, but he also voraciously read cereal boxes if the paper was not at hand.
Instead, his mouth curved into a smile, resembling a wolf just before 'devouring' his prey.
The venom did its work in three or four minutes; the reptile then slowly 'devoured' its prey whole.
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