devour

A hungry ecosystem devours its flesh and muscle.

As fires devour flammable brush and vegetation, the heat propels burning embers upward.

I devour a lot of self-help and self-improvement books, and many preach about the dangers of what happens when you give up.

The job gave Tarantino access to Video Archives’ diverse collection of thousands of films, which he devoured with a passion.

She added that the pair "devoured art and music and film like hungry animals" in the city, and "were in the epicentre of all of these things exploding".