RAVENED Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

ravened

verb

past tense of raven

as in devoured

to swallow or eat greedily the rat ravened the poisoned bait just as we had hoped

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If the demons find out about her power, she will be devoured.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Soon Drews noticed the speed with which her cheesecakes were devoured.

— David Farley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2026

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Trump scoffed at questions about affordability, insisting that they'd been caused by Biden, who left office more than two years ago.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026
Jamie Florez, the Hispanic communications director of the Republican National Committee, scoffed at recent polling suggesting a shift in Hispanic voters towards Democrats.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

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Yet Abrams still won’t kvetch about being crammed into a tiny whale-stomach set with a camera crew, while a half-dozen crew members surrounding the practical gut, wielding a gimbal, tossed him around like a wet rag doll.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
In 2013, Rana Plaza, a nine-story building crammed with garment factories outside the capital Dhaka, collapsed killing 1,100 people.

— Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

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