inhale
/ɪnˈheɪl/ verb [I, T] formalDefinition
› to breathe air, smoke, or gas into your lungs: People who had inhaled the fumes were taken to hospital.
› US informal to eat something very quickly: Slow down, you're inhaling that pizza!
(Definition of inhale verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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