食い荒らす

to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to devour; to wolf down

Meaning

  1. v5svt
    to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to devour; to wolf down
  2. v5svt
    to eat a bit of everything
  3. v5svt
    to encroach upon; to take over; to steal (e.g. support)

Example sentences

  • The insect ate the peach hollow.