consume

Meanings

• eat immoderately
• serve oneself to, or consume regularly
• spend extravagantly
• destroy completely
  • "The fire consumed the building"
• use up (resources or materials)
  • "this car consumes a lot of gas"
• engage fully
  • "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"

Synonyms

deplete, devour, down, eat, eat up, exhaust, go through, have, ingest, run through, squander, take, take in, use up, ware, waste, wipe out