Consume (verb)

  1. To eat, drink or use up something.
  2. To use up a large amount of something.
  3. To destroy or use up something completely.

Origin:

From latin consumere ("to take up completely"), from con- ("completely") + sumere ("to take").

Examples:

  1. He consumed the entire pizza by himself.
  2. She consumed the entire bottle of wine.
  3. The fire consumed the entire building.
  4. The car consumed a lot of gas on the trip.
  5. The company consumed a lot of resources to develop the new product.
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