DEVOURER Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

devourer

noun

Definition of devourer

as in destroyer

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prey

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Recent Examples of devourer The famous 1796 Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, the town-devourer, his hand solemnly outstretched, hung in a frame near the entrance. — Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

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Noun

The destroyer belongs to the Flight III version of the Arleigh Burke-class, a design built since the 1980s and a major part of the Navy’s surface fleet.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
The four-hour film, coming to theaters this October, draws a portrait of Tesla chairman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk as a reckless destroyer of democracy and dismantler of free speech.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of destroyer

Noun

Kim’s laboratory previously discovered that molten bismuth can act like a chemical sponge, cleanly capturing rare-earth elements out of liquid salts.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
For instance, at what point are there enough openings in a sponge for a liquid to flow through?

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of sponge

Noun

Yes, tap water is lower in microplastics than most bottled water, but bottling that tap water in plastic means microplastics leech into it.

— Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026
The fact is that leeches are relished by everything from walleyes and bass to trout and all the panfish.

— Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026

Definition of leech

Noun

But even in the consumer technology sphere, other digital surveillance devices pose similar threats to the privacy and well-being of users, especially for women.

— Sparkle Rainey Tribune News Service, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
People will soon be able to text with their dot, which can take action on a user’s behalf using a separate machine in the cloud.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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