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consume
verb as in use up
Strongest matches
absorb, deplete, devour, dominate, drain, eat up, employ, exhaust, expend, obsess, preoccupy, spend, waste
Strong matches
apply, dissipate, drivel, engross, finish, go, lavish, lessen, monopolize, squander, trifle, utilize, vanish
Weak matches
avail oneself of, finish up, fritter away, frivol away, go through, have recourse to, profit by, put away, put to use, run out of, run through, throw away, wash up, wear out
verb as in eat, drink
Example Sentences
This is a guy who made a mistake and has been hating himself for a long time after it, and he’s been dwelling in some dark corners of the internet, just consuming toxin.
On Wednesday, another mass poisoning in Cipongkor saw as many as 500 students fall ill after consuming free lunches.
Some of Williams’ papers had been stored in a bank, which was burned in the 1992 riots that consumed the city in the wake of the Rodney King verdict.
Doomscrolling, a word that can now be found in the dictionary, is the act of endlessly consuming news and content that heightens feelings of anxiety, sadness, or anger.
Consumers are urged not to consume the tuna poke.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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