The Only Use of
devour
in
Fahrenheit 451
- "It's an insidious plan, if I do say so myself." Faber glanced nervously at his bedroom door. "To see the firehouses burn across the land, destroyed as hotbeds of treason. The salamander devours his tail!"
p. 82.9devours = eats rapidly and completely
Definitions:
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(1)
(devour as in: devoured three sandwiches) eat rapidly and completely -- usually due to being very hungry
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(2)
(devour as in: devours crime novels) to read, listen, or watch with eager interest
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(3)
(devour as in: devoured by flames) to completely consume, destroy, or engulf (surround or cover)