Devourer

A devourer is a being or entity that consumes something rapidly and completely, often with great appetite or destructive force. This consumption can apply to physical objects like food or abstract concepts like time or resources. It signifies an act of taking in or absorbing something entirely, leaving little or nothing behind. The term often carries a negative connotation, suggesting greed, destructiveness, or rapaciousness. In some contexts, it can be used metaphorically to describe intense passion or all-consuming obsession. It can be also used in mythology and literature to describe powerful entities or forces.

Devourer meaning with examples

• The fire was a merciless devourer, rapidly consuming the wooden structures and leaving behind only ashes and embers. The flames danced with a ferocious hunger, quickly turning everything it touched into nothing. Firefighters struggled to contain the devourer's path and save the surrounding homes from its destructive reach. The whole community could only watch, as the fire consumed anything in its path.
• The relentless schedule made the project a time devourer, leaving the team exhausted and with little time for anything else. Days melted into weeks as they struggled to keep up with deadlines and requirements. The project stole their personal lives and eroded their focus. Each morning they had to fight the allure of the job.
• In the fantasy novel, the shadow demon was known as a soul devourer, feeding on the essence of its victims to gain power. Its very presence made the villagers uneasy, and it used that to lure them to it's home. The demon was feared by all, a symbol of dread and terror throughout the kingdom. All who fought the demon lost something, but no one ever won.
• The black hole acted as a cosmic devourer, its gravitational pull sucking in everything, including light and matter. Nothing, not even light, could escape the black hole's clutches, and the matter was turned to dust and a new kind of radiation. Any planet or star that strayed too close would be obliterated, and their remains would become part of the black hole.