Close and Devouring

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Close adjective - Having little space between items or parts.

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Devouring and close are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Devouring" instead an adjective "Close".

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

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

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Close and devouring are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead an adjective "Devouring".

Nearby Words: devour, devoured, devourment

Then in a guest comic the owls make good on their threat, devouring an Analfabets Anonymous meeting (well, not really, but close 'nuff).

Source: Ominous Owl
Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) comes dangerously close to Solaris (the joining of Mephiles and Iblis) devouring all of time, past, present, and future and all of existence if Sonic, Shadow and Silver hadn't stopped him.

Source: Apocalypse How / Class Z

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