Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to devour; to wolf down
虫に食い荒らされて桃は中空になっていた。The insect ate the peach hollow. to eat a bit of everything
to encroach upon; to take over; to steal (e.g. support)
Also written 食い荒す【くいあらす】、食荒らす【くいあらす】