devour

• When the sun was but a man’s height did not a jackal break out of the forest seeking to devour, and yet the chicken was neither hurt nor taken. —  Witch-Doctors
• They proceeded to pounce upon, devour, and annihilate the unlucky head classic without mercy. —  The Willoughby Captains
• The jolly old lady was certainly on his side Then when Joe had decided that nothing remained to devour, the party adjourned to the living room, where the former put some records on the phonograph The Barnes had a collection of very wonderful records, and for more than an hour the girls sat entranced as, one by one, Joe produced for their enjoyment, the greatest artists of the musical world Finally some one suggested that Betty play some of the songs they had loved in those service-filled days at the Hostess House. —  The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue
• In this case there was no attempt to devour, and it may have been, as I have often observed with the Indian Sloth Bear, that such attacks are made by females with young Dr. Sal Muller states: "in his native forests this bear displays much zeal and ingenuity in discovering the nests of bees, and in extracting their contents by means of his teeth from the narrow orifices of the branches of the trees in which they are concealed The next species constitutes the genus Melursus of Meyer or Prochilus of Illiger. —  Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
• We know that ages ago, in old worlds, long before this present world in which we live, the seas swarmed with sharks and other monsters, who not only died as animals do now, but who did devour--for there is actual proof of it--other living creatures; and that the same process went on on the land likewise. —  Westminster Sermons with a Preface

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