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consume

Definition for consume

verb as in eat, drink

verb as in destroy

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Construction is time consuming, stressful and expensive in normal times, let alone in a disaster zone with toxic waste.

In his opening speech to the jury during a retrial at the Old Bailey, Francis FitzGibbon KC said that Marten was "consumed by grief" and "reduced to scavenging for food" after her baby died.

From BBC

Meanwhile energy prices remain high for amusement parks that consume a substantial amount of electricity.

From BBC

Viewers have been tuning out the news since Trump’s re-election and consuming far less of it beforehand.

From Salon

Heat that biomass up without fully consuming it and it turns to nearly pure carbon known as biochar, which farmers soak in compost or fertilizer to “charge” it with nutrients, then add to their soils.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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