Consume
(verb)
- To eat, drink or use up something.
- To use up a large amount of something.
- To destroy or use up something completely.
Origin:
From latin consumere ("to take up completely"), from con- ("completely") + sumere ("to take").
Examples:
- He consumed the entire pizza by himself.
- She consumed the entire bottle of wine.
- The fire consumed the entire building.
- The car consumed a lot of gas on the trip.
- The company consumed a lot of resources to develop the new product.