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consume

/kənˈsum/ · 7 letters · 7 distinct letters

  1. verb

    eat immoderately

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

  2. verb

    serve oneself to, or consume regularly

    Have another bowl of chicken soup!

  3. verb

    spend extravagantly

    waste not, want not

  4. verb

    destroy completely

    The fire consumed the building

  5. verb

    use up (resources or materials)

    this car consumes a lot of gas

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