consume

/kənˈsjuːm/ verb [T]

Definition

USE › to use something such as a product, energy, or fuel: These lights don't consume much electricity.

EAT OR DRINK formal › to eat or drink something

be consumed with/by sth › to have so much of a feeling that it affects everything you do: a dancer consumed by ambition

FIRE › If fire consumes something, it completely destroys it.

(Definition of consume verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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