Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eat someone alive

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.57 in modern English

Syllables: eat -some-one alive
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To consume a prey animal that is still alive, as many predators do.

verb

To consume a prey animal that is still alive, as many predators do.

Informal

verb

To overwhelm or consume someone.

Informal

verb

To criticize harshly or rebuke strongly.

Informal

Example Sentences

""This's nuts," his father said, but he spoke hollowly, with no strength. "If you go wandering around out there, you'll be eaten alive." "No more than the coyote ate me alive when I got out of the cell," David said. "The danger isn't if I go out there; it's if we all stay in here.""
"You may find that in June it rains so hard the streets are filled with a foot of mud and the mosquitoes eat people alive, but in October the place is beautiful."
"“Let's go into the house before these mosquitoes eat us alive.”"
"I had to keep close to the riverbank, under the edge of the jungle, with mosquitoes eating me alive."
"She shook her head wearily, the guilt eating her alive."
"Eventually, Randy moved through the shock and began to see that anger was eating him alive and poisoning his life."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

eats someone alive (present, singular) eating someone alive (participle, present) ate someone alive (past) eaten someone alive (participle, past)

Synonyms

criticize

Questions

What does eat someone alive mean?: To consume a prey animal that is still alive, as many predators do.

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