devour prey
Frequency: 7.09.6 per million words
To eat prey quickly and hungrily.
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- A lion will quickly devour its prey after a successful hunt.
- The hungry wolf began to devour its prey with savage intensity.
- Eagles are known to devour their prey whole, if small enough.
- After catching the mouse, the cat proceeded to devour its prey swiftly.
- The predator wasted no time and started to devour its prey on the spot.
- In the wild, animals must devour their prey quickly before other scavengers arrive.
- The snake unhinged its jaw to devour its prey, a large rodent.
- With a swift strike, the hawk seized and began to devour its prey.
- He watched a documentary where a cheetah would devour its prey within minutes.
- The ancient tales often describe mythical beasts that could devour their prey in a single gulp.