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All consume synonyms

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verb consume

  • deplete β€” To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
  • waste β€” to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
  • spend β€” to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
  • obsess β€” to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him.
  • feed β€” to give a fee to.
  • inhale β€” to breathe in; draw in by breathing: to inhale the polluted air.
  • ingest β€” to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
  • guzzle β€” South Midland and Southern U.S. gozzle.
  • swallow β€” to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances.
  • devastate β€” If something devastates an area or a place, it damages it very badly or destroys it totally.
  • overwhelm β€” to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
  • ruin β€” ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
  • ravage β€” to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
  • dominate β€” to rule over; govern; control.
  • eat up β€” to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
  • absorb β€” If something absorbs a liquid, gas, or other substance, it soaks it up or takes it in.
  • preoccupy β€” to absorb or engross to the exclusion of other things.
  • drain β€” to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
  • devour β€” If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly.
  • trifle β€” an article or thing of very little value.
  • finish β€” to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
  • squander β€” to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
  • lessen β€” to become less.
  • utilize β€” to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
  • lavish β€” expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
  • drivel β€” saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
  • dissipate β€” to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
  • go β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • apply β€” If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
  • monopolize β€” to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
  • vanish β€” to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
  • mow β€” Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. to store (hay) in a barn.
  • gulp β€” to gasp or choke, as when taking large drafts of a liquid.
  • snack β€” a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
  • swill β€” liquid or partly liquid food for animals, especially kitchen refuse given to swine; hogwash.
  • punish β€” to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
  • nibble β€” to bite off small bits.
  • down β€” from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
  • wolf β€” any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.
  • take β€” to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • ingurgitate β€” to swallow greedily or in great quantity, as food.
  • partake β€” to take or have a part or share along with others; participate (usually followed by in): He won't partake in the victory celebration.
  • gobble β€” to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.
  • gorge β€” to swallow, especially greedily.
  • scarf β€” a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
  • bolt β€” A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
  • hoover β€” to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
  • demolish β€” To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
  • annihilate β€” To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
  • wreck β€” any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
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