v. 25B6; verb
he devoured his meal : EAT HUNGRILY, eat greedily, gobble (up/down), guzzle, gulp (down), bolt (down), cram down, gorge oneself on, wolf (down), feast on, consume, eat up; informal pack away, demolish, dispose of, make short work of, polish off, shovel down, stuff oneself with, pig oneself on, put away, get outside of; Brit. informal scoff.
flames devoured the house : CONSUME, engulf, envelop; destroy, demolish, lay waste, devastate; gut, ravage, ruin, wreck.
he was devoured by remorse : AFFLICT, plague, bedevil, trouble, harrow, rack; consume, swallow up, overcome, overwhelm.