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   Devouring

   /dəˈvou(ə)riNG/

   

   adjective

   • 1. eating food or prey hungrily or quickly: "the wolf is a devouring beast"
   • ▪ (of fire or a similar force) destructively consuming: "before him is a devouring fire"
   • ▪ (of an unpleasant feeling) totally absorbing: "a devouring sense of loneliness"

   noun

   • 1. the action of eating something hungrily or quickly: "I have no discipline when it comes to the immediate devouring of burritos"

   Derivatives

   • 1. devouringly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 14

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