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as in to devour
to destroy all trace of
massive fires had consumed hundreds of square miles of forest
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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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“Consume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consume. Accessed 5 Dec. 2022.
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