All 5 Uses of
devour
in
Catch-22
- In the beginning General Dreedle devoured all his meals in Milo's mess hall.†
Chpt 13 *
- Milo's planes shuttled back and forth seven days a week as every officer in the four squadrons began devouring fresh eggs in an insatiable orgy of fresh-egg eating.†
Chpt 13
- General Dreedle devoured fresh eggs for breakfast, lunch and dinner — between meals he devoured more fresh eggs — until Milo located abundant sources of fresh veal, beef, duck, baby lamb chops, mushroom caps, broccoli, South African rock lobster tails, shrimp, hams, puddings, grapes, ice cream, strawberries and artichokes.†
Chpt 13
- General Dreedle devoured fresh eggs for breakfast, lunch and dinner — between meals he devoured more fresh eggs — until Milo located abundant sources of fresh veal, beef, duck, baby lamb chops, mushroom caps, broccoli, South African rock lobster tails, shrimp, hams, puddings, grapes, ice cream, strawberries and artichokes.†
Chpt 13
- A wild crimson blot was crawling upward rapidly along his shirt front like an enormous sea monster rising to devour him.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(devour as in: devoured three sandwiches) eat rapidly and completely -- usually due to being very hungry