Devour and Spend

Devour

Devour verb - To destroy all trace of.

Usage example: a series of devastating storms devoured the beach on the south side of the island

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Spend and devour are semantically related. in destroy topic. In some cases you can use "Spend" instead a verb "Devour", when it comes to topics like swallow.

Nearby Words: devouring, devourment

Spend

Spend verb - To make complete use of.

Usage example: the town has already spent its budget for snow removal, and it's only January

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Synonyms for Spend

Antonyms for Spend

Devour and spend are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devour" instead a verb "Spend".

Nearby Words: spent, spending, spender, spendable

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Common collocations

energy	devour energy	spend energy
life	devour life	spend life
rest	devour rest	spend rest
time	devour time	spend time
Other words: book.

Both words in one sentence

Both of them spend a season being ridiculously passive-aggressive towards each other, but when Lisa dies, the guilt of his awful behavior starts to devour Nate.

Source: The Masochism Tango aka: Masochism Tango
Standout examples include Hydreigon, the "Brutal Pokémon" that is said to spend its life in a constant state of vicious rage and devour anything and everything in its path, and Yveltal, the legendary embodiment of destruction.

Source: Cute Monster

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