verb
1.
Synonyms: eat 1, consume, feed (on), ingest, meal, partake (of), take
2.
Synonyms: eat up 1, dispatch, polish off
Idioms: eat like a horse, eat one's head off
3.
Synonyms: consume 1, eat, eat up, exhaust, use up
4.
Synonyms: ravage , depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, pillage, sack, spoliate, waste
Related Word: demolish, destroy; ruin, wreck; dissipate, squander
5.
to exhibit avid interest in or enjoyment of
the crowd devoured the lurid scene
Synonyms: ||eat up
Related Word: delight (in), enjoy, rejoice (in), relish, revel (in); feast (on), gloat (over or on)
Contrasted words: avoid, eschew, shun