[{"word":"devours","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The fire was devouring the building."},{"definition":"To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"She intended to devour the book."},{"definition":"To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"After the death of his wife, he was devoured by grief."}],"synonyms":["consume","devastate","gobble","gorge","overwhelm","wolf"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/devour","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/devours"]}]