English-German translation for "devouring"

"devouring" German translation

devouring
adjective | Adjektiv adj

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verschlingend, gierig verzehrend, vernichtend brennend, verzehrend
  • verschlingend, gierig
    devouring greedy
    devouring greedy
  • verzehrend, vernichtend
    devouring destroying figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    devouring destroying figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
  • brennend, verzehrend
    devouring feeling figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    devouring feeling figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
Mit diesem Vorschlag essen wir unsere Kinder nicht auf, sondern ernähren sie.
We are not devouring our children; we are nourishing them with this proposal.
Source: Europarl
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