consume

verbs

eat immoderately

"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

consume, devour, down, go through

serve oneself to, or consume regularly

"Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

consume, have, ingest, take, take in

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antonym

spend extravagantly

"waste not, want not"

consume, squander, ware, waste

destroy completely

"The fire consumed the building"

consume

is a type of (narrower)

destroy completely; damage irreparably

"You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"

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"

consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out

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engage fully

"The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"

consume

is a type of (narrower)

consume all of one's attention or time

"Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"