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“consuming”
consume (verb), consumes; consumed; consuming
1. To eat or drink something, especially in large amounts.
2. To use something in such a way that it cannot be reused or recovered afterwards.
3. To destroy something or someone completely; especially, by fire or disease.
4. To buy goods or services produced by other people.
5. Etymology: from Latin con-, "thoroughly" + sumere, "to use, to take".
2. To use something in such a way that it cannot be reused or recovered afterwards.
3. To destroy something or someone completely; especially, by fire or disease.
4. To buy goods or services produced by other people.
5. Etymology: from Latin con-, "thoroughly" + sumere, "to use, to take".
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em-, emp-, empt-; sump-, -sum-
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sum-, -sum-
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consuming, consumingly
So intense as to take up all of a person's attention, time, and/or energy.
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em-, emp-, empt-; sump-, -sum-
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“consuming”
(Latin: eat, eating; consume, consuming; ingest, ingesting; devour, devouring; feeding on)
(a nourishment of consuming; too often a specialty of deception)