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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
devour .
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Examples
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Whatever the new-age justification, the n-word's very use is inappropriate and counterproductive to human relations; the term devours any level of respect-given or received, cultural pride and dignity, and dehumanizes whomever the term is used toward.
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The sword devours one as well as another, Josiah as well as Ahab.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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That war makes woeful desolations, which those persons, places, and things that were esteemed most sacred cannot escape; for the sword devours one as well as another.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Nay, because the sword devours one as well as another, every one that is joined to them shall fall by the sword; those of other nations that come in to their assistance shall be cut off with them.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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The sword devours from one end of the land to the other; all places lie exposed, and the numerous army of the invaders disperse themselves into every corner of that fruitful country, so that no flesh shall have peace, none shall be exempt from the calamity nor be able to enjoy any tranquillity.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Even the tender and delicate shall share in the common calamity; the sword devours one as well as another.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Though the sword devours one as well as another, and all things seem to come alike to all, yet sooner or later it shall be made to appear that the Lord knows them that are his and them that are not, and how to take out the precious from the vile.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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Thou complainest that the sword devours, but who first unsheathed it?
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721
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It is true the sword devours one as well as another, but these were waited for of the sword, marked for vengeance.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721
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This point being gained, he can make light of the loss, and turn it off easily with an excuse: The sword devours one as well as another; it was a chance of war, nothing more common.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721
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