devour

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

When they land, they risk igniting new spot fires, which can quickly devour homes.

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

He keeps mosquitoes away with a dozen or so tiny fish that devour their larvae.

In the end, however, it was Trump’s responses and eagerness to take and devour whatever bait Harris set out for him that was the story of the evening.