To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.
To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
To voraciously consume resources, such as money; to devour.
To completely enclose or envelop.
To take over or absorb something (especially an organisation) so it no longer has a separate identity; to assimilate.