consume
verb (used with object)
to destroy or expend by use; use up.
consumed
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past participleof consume.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof consume.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
consumeverb (used with object)to destroy or expend by use; use up.
Example Sentences
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Researchers described the star as being "torn up" as the immense gravity of the black hole pulled it apart and consumed its material piece by piece.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Residents were ordered to evacuate two nearby villages as the flames consumed a third of the High Fens, with local officials warning the fire - which had been burning since Friday - could reach homes.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Even if cubicles were slightly more expensive to maintain or consumed more water, this would not necessarily be enough to justify a price difference compared with urinals, she added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Spending four formative years in a community where hundreds of services are collectively financed and individually consumed can shape assumptions about how institutions function and how resources should be allocated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
All my moments which were not consumed with efforts to escape the cold were absorbed with morbid Poe-like fancies.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
