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ate (up)

verb , past tense of eat (up)

Synonyms and Antonyms of ate (up)

1 to receive or accept gladly or readily

predictably, moviegoers ate up the sequel to last summer's blockbuster

Synonyms of ate (up)

drank (in), embraced, lapped (up), welcomed

Words Related to ate (up)

adopted, espoused, took up

greeted, hailed

enjoyed, liked, preferred

cherry-picked, chose, culled, decided (on), elected, handpicked, named, opted (for), picked, selected, singled (out), took

Near Antonyms of ate (up)

balked (at), declined, passed up, refused, rejected, spurned, threw over, turned down

demurred (to), objected (to)

2 to destroy all trace of

the surf created by a powerful hurricane could really eat up what's left of the island's eastern beach

Synonyms of ate (up)

consumed, devoured

Words Related to ate (up)

depleted, drained, exhausted, expended, spent, used up

annihilated, decimated, demolished, desolated, devastated, did in, pulverized, razed, ruined, shattered, smashed, tore down, wasted, wrecked

annihilated, blotted out, eradicated, exterminated, extinguished, extirpated, obliterated, removed, rubbed out, stamped (out), wiped out

Near Antonyms of ate (up)

conserved, preserved, protected, saved

built, constructed, erected, put up, raised

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