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consume
verb consumed, comsuming
    1. To eat or drink.
    2. To use up.
      Thesaurus: use, spend, exhaust, squander, waste, eat up.
    3. To destroy.
      Thesaurus: destroy, devastate, ravage.
    4. To devour or overcome completely.
      Example: He was consumed by jealousy
      Thesaurus: preoccupy, engross, compel, dominate, spellbind, overwhelm, monopolize.
    5. To waste away.
Derivative: consumable
adj
    Derivative: consuming
    adj
      Overwhelming.
    Etymology: 14c: from Latin consumere to take up completely.



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