consume
This word describes the process of using something up until it is gone, whether through biological ingestion, mechanical expenditure, or total destruction. It carries a sense of depletion, where the object being consumed is transformed or eliminated to fuel a process or satisfy a need.
When applied to emotions, the word suggests an all-encompassing intensity that leaves the person unable to focus on anything else. In an economic sense, it shifts from the act of eating to the act of purchasing and utilizing resources within a market system.
Meanings
To eat, drink, or use up a resource or supply.
The company consumes a vast amount of electricity to power its servers.
To destroy something completely, typically by fire.
The blaze consumed the entire forest within a few hours.
Phrasal Verbs
consume up
to use or destroy something completely
The fire consumed up all the oxygen in the small room.