as in devoured
to swallow or eat greedily
the rat ravened the poisoned bait just as we had hoped
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ravened
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It will be devoured by the 49ers Faithful’s malnourished soul that has craved another championship for 31 years.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2026 -
This classic Southern snack will be one of the first dishes devoured at the supper.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
1 Feb. 2026
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Guardiola inhaled deeply when asked about the non-handball against Wolves last weekend and could have decided not to comment.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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These tiny water droplets—aerosol plumes, according to commercial cleaning expert Shari Cedar—can be inhaled and cover towels, countertops, and, yes, even your toothbrush after a flush.—
Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
17 Jan. 2026
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Alarms go off, phones come out, coffee is gulped down, and before either partner is fully awake, they’re already headed into separate days.—
Mark Travers,
CNBC,
11 Jan. 2026
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So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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Murray scoffed at the need for the House to approve any new changes by Friday in order to keep the government open.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Defense lawyer Carey Haughwout scoffed at that explanation, saying prosecutors never had enough evidence to convict — with or without the recordings.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Jan. 2026
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Dozens of men were crammed into a two-hundred-and-fifteen-square-foot cell; one of them lost twenty-four pounds while in custody.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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The venue was crammed with excitable 20- and 30-something women, among them Willa Bennett, the editor of Cosmopolitan and Seventeen.—
Carrie Battan,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Ravened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ravened. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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