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Consume
/kənˈsjuːm/
To eat or drink something; to use, buy, or destroy resources or goods.
Synonyms:
devour
ingest
use up
expend
Antonyms:
conserve
save
preserve
Examples:
He always
consumes
a lot of chocolate.
These cars
consume
too much fuel.
Etymology:
Derived from the Latin word
consumere
, which means
to take up completely, eat, waste
, a combination of
con-
(altogether) and
sumere
(to take).
Usage Statistics:
27 mentions per 1 million words
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