Both Uses of
devour
in
All Quiet on the Western Front
- In the adjoining sector they attacked two large cats and a dog, bit them to death and devoured them.
Chpt 6 *devoured = ate rapidly and completely
- Hunger devours me, I could almost weep for something to eat, I cannot struggle against it.
Chpt 9devours = consumes (or in a figurative sense, eats away at)
Definition:
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(devour as in: devoured three sandwiches) eat rapidly and completely -- usually due to being very hungry