Crowd and Devour

Crowd

Crowd verb - To fit (people or things) into a tight space.

Devour and crowd are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Devour" instead a verb "Crowd".

Nearby Words: crowded, crowding

Devour

Devour verb - To destroy all trace of.

Crowd and devour are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crowd" instead a verb "Devour".

Nearby Words: devouring, devourment

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

house crowd house devour house

Both words in one sentence

  • Piranha Problem They appear to churn and devour her alive... only for her to appear in the crowd decrying the sadism of whoever thought of such an act.
  • Literature / Perfume I'm a Humanitarian: After Grenouille empties his bottle of perfume over his head, a nearby crowd is so overwhelmed by Grenouille's concentrated beauty that they completely devour him out of love.
  • Unsatisfied with the perfume's hollow effects, Grenouille kills himself by dumping the remainder of the perfume over his head, causing a nearby crowd to devour him out of overwhelming love.
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