consume

consumed consuming consumes
Verb
1. eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
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2. serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
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3. spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"
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4. destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"
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5. use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
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6. engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
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