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to bite back; to retaliate
to swallow up; to engulf
to gnaw and devour
to gnaw; to bite
bacteriophage (virus that infects bacteria)
to devour greedily and cruelly; to be extremely rapacious and ruthless
His plan backfired on him.
A bacteriophage is a virus that specifically infects bacteria.
The fire engulfed the entire forest.
Time is like an invisible worm, slowly gnawing away at our memories.
This dog is gnawing on a bone.
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Characters pronounced "shi".
Characters with radical "口".