Burning and Devouring

Burning

Burning noun - A process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light.

Devouring and burning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Devouring" instead a noun "Burning".

Nearby Words: burn, burned, burnt, burnout, burner

Devouring

Devouring adjective - (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous.
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Synonyms for Devouring

Burning and devouring are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burning" instead a noun "Devouring".

Nearby Words: devour, devoured, devourment

Both words in one sentence

  • Several of their songs have a rather upbeat tune, yet the lyrics are always about trolls devouring humans and burning churches, how great it is to live in a dark icy land with no "human-pest" around, or generally filled with dark imagery of cursed forests and evil spirits.
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