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1. devour, down, consume, go through -- (eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal").
2. consume, ingest, take in, take, have -- (serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee").
3. consume, squander, waste, ware -- (spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not").
4. consume -- (destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building").
5. consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out -- (use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week").
6. consume -- (engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy").

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