1
as in to devour
to destroy all trace of
massive fires had consumed hundreds of square miles of forest
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2
as in to spend
to make complete use of
the mining company consumed all of the local mineral resources and then moved on
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3
as in to eat
to take in as food
hungry enough to consume most of the pie
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Recent Examples of consume
American Sweatshop explores the nastiest, most unfiltered parts of the internet, and how consuming explicit content impacts our day-to-day lives.
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Barry Levitt, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
Use caution when consuming raw or undercooked seafood Always wash your hands with soap and water after handling raw shellfish.
—Toby Meyjes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Every yes consumes capacity that could have gone to something else.
—Andrea Hill, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
And for the first time, his mind wasn’t consumed with basketball.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
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Barry Levitt, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
Use caution when consuming raw or undercooked seafood Always wash your hands with soap and water after handling raw shellfish.
—Toby Meyjes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Every yes consumes capacity that could have gone to something else.
—Andrea Hill, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
And for the first time, his mind wasn’t consumed with basketball.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consume
Verb
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The tariff laboratory that is Walmart showed that inflationary tariffs would be muted: some eaten by the manufacturer, some devoured by Walmart, and the rest served up to the consumer.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
24 Aug. 2025
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The time to devour infinite onion rings and chips and salsa with your hot wings is now.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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The 70-year-old man had spent every weekend at the cottage for 28 years, drinking entirely from the well.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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More than 2,000 filmmakers, technicians, audio experts and AI creatives spent two years reilluminating Dorothy Gale’s adventure into a gleaming spectacle that will move you – literally and emotionally.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
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The successful hatchings come about a year after Scout ate two of his chicks as a first-time dad, leaving the pair with no surviving eaglets from their first nesting season, McClatchy News previously reported.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2025
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The calls came while eating lunch, while lying in bed at night.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2025
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City worries removing Marion County residency requirement would drain taxes Since 1977, most people hired for a full-time or part-time role in city-county government have been required to move to Marion County within six months of accepting the job.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
31 Aug. 2025
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Hours-long team cohesion gatherings be draining for some members of a team, especially those who lean toward introversion.—
Rebecca Fraser-Thill,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Her Altadena home and the surrounding community were ruined by the Eaton wildfires that ripped through Los Angeles in January.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
14 Aug. 2025
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But a sewer backup during this weekend's historic flood ruined 60 of the backpacks, Maya Bell reports.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Their unvarnished alt-rock was led by wild-eyed singer Matt Shultz, a human rubber band who exhausted himself despite his vocals disappearing into the strong breeze.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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Our teams have exhausted all resources and personnel over the last 20 days.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In 2018, the Cat 5 destroyed or demolished 484 buildings at the Panhandle’s Tyndall Air Force Base beyond repair.—
Denise Hruby,
Miami Herald,
29 Aug. 2025
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As toadstools began to grow inside the empty building, Congress was left to consider whether to demolish or preserve it.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
28 Aug. 2025
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Vick wants this to be a group that absorbs his teaching and, perhaps more than anything, enjoys the process.—
Grace Raynor,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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Both siblings began working in the firm long before their formal legal training began, absorbing the mechanics of the job and the spirit behind it.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Consume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consume. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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