voracious

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

From Latin vorāx, from vorō (“to devour”).

O covetous and voracious death! — Four Arthurian Romances, de Troyes, active 12th century Chrétien
For Henry was a voracious reader. — The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Luckily these voracious animals have poor eyesight. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne

rapacious, ravening

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