devour
ਲੁੱਟ
definition
verb
he devoured half of his burger in one bite
eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.
example
A child and his father watch helplessly as the Bhagirathi waters slowly 'devour' Old Tehri town.
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.
And why do these kids always arrive at 5pm and ready to 'devour' any food in sight?
To think that she used to 'devour' junk food at a whim.
She had been watching Hawthorne 'devour' an old Golf Digest Magazine while on a long bus ride.
Leaning over, she scatters the remains of the card into the fireplace, watching the flames 'devour' it and leave behind only ashes.
Standing by the fireplace in his living room, Frank stares at the flames as they 'devour' the torn pieces of his wedding photograph.
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.
The wasp larvae that hatch out 'devour' their prey from the inside out, killing the egg or caterpillar in the process.
I'll hop in, 'devour' a couple of Penguin classics, and emerge further up the road as the most learned freeloader in Argyll.
A snake has to shed its skin; a snake has to 'devour' its prey.
Remember the population bomb, the fertility explosion set to 'devour' the world's food and suck up or pollute all its air and water?
She needed only to get a few yards out before being able to see the flames hungrily 'devour' her house.
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.
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.
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.
Predators, such as ladybugs and assassin bugs, 'devour' their prey.
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.
I 'devoured' the two issues, and my husband read them as well.
He 'devoured' some duck and turkey cat food while I administered a flea treatment, because he was starting to look ropey again.
The men saw no problem in hitting the food tables and creatively 'devouring' their pizza in a kind of pseudo-seal eating motion.
He also 'devours' books, getting through six on his last holiday.
Apathy was probably the word she learned in school that day or had read in the latest book she was 'devouring' .
Nietzsche illustrates the dynamics of the strong valuation with an infamous image of birds of prey 'devouring' defenseless lambs.
In less than half an hour, the flames 'devoured' four buildings.
Journalism had taken form, and the public eagerly 'devoured' newspaper accounts of war, foreign and domestic.
Although I may be a 'devourer' of Romantic Fiction, I have never actually written a romance before, so this is basically a trial run for me.
I let him think while the candle 'devoured' my envelope.
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.
Months in the planning, the Gin Flat fire behaved beautifully, 'devouring' a thick carpet of needles and big swaths of brush.
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