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consume
verb
Engage fully
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verb
Engage fully
“The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy”
verb
Serve oneself to, or consume regularly
“Have another bowl of chicken soup!”
verb
Use up (resources or materials)
“This car consumes a lot of gas”
verb
Spend extravagantly
“Waste not, want not”
verb
Eat up completely, as with great appetite
“Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal”
verb
Destroy completely by means of consumption
“The fire consumed the building”
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The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy
Have another bowl of chicken soup!
I don't take sugar in my coffee
This car consumes a lot of gas
We exhausted our savings
They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
Waste not, want not
Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them
The fire consumed the building
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