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  1. List of paraphrases for "devours":

    gobbles, engulfs

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  1. Proverb:

    The rich devour the poor, and the devil devours the rich and so both are devoured.

  2. Ritchie Torres:

    We can not afford to have a Democratic Party that devours The Progressive Caucus and any attempt at ideological cleansing is going to end in political paralysis and gridlock. We have to proceed with a unified front and with a sense of urgency.

  3. Will Cuppy:

    Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people.

  4. Honore' de Balzac:

    Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything familiarity.

  5. Jorge Luis Borges:

    Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.


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