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adjective

as in drained

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verb

past tense of consume
1
as in devoured
to destroy all trace of massive fires had consumed hundreds of square miles of forest

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2
as in spent
to make complete use of the mining company consumed all of the local mineral resources and then moved on

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3
as in ate
to take in as food hungry enough to consume most of the pie

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Recent Examples of consumed
Adjective
Kennedy’s new pyramid places meat, dairy, fruit, and vegetables at the top (most consumed), and tapers down through fruits and vegetables to whole grains. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026 In Stoddart’s estimation, the best way to freeze these semi-consumed cakes is in slices. — Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 2 Dec. 2025
Verb
Participants are each given half a watermelon to eat in a specified time period, and they must be consumed down to the rind. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The world of journalism was consumed this week by a debate over whether The Wall Street Journal should have published an opinion piece that was written with the help of artificial intelligence. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026 Elliott has been swallowed up by a darkness that fully consumed him only at the end. — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026 The fire overtook the 2006 East Amarillo Complex fire, which consumed 900,000 acres of land, for the number one spot in Texas. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Within seconds of the mudslide’s arrival, the six-story Gyirong Port building is completely consumed by the muck. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 26 Aug. 2026 The group visited multiple bars and restaurants, where the defendant allegedly consumed seven or more alcoholic beverages that consisted of martinis, beers and a mezcal drink, Mastrangelo said Wednesday. — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 26 Aug. 2026 Only later did doctors realize that the genetic material had probably come from a mushroom that the patient had consumed, and not from a pathogen. — Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026 The largest fires currently in Washington are the Little Giant Fire in Chelan County, which has consumed more than 142,000 acres, and the Sinlahekin Fire in Okanogan County, which has burned more than 155,000 acres. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consumed
  1. drained
  2. devoured
  3. spent
  4. ate
  5. depleted
  6. ruined
  7. exhausted
  8. reduced
Adjective
  • Next, let the butter melt and place the hot, drained ears of corn in the stockpot.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Feeling mentally drained or physically exhausted is something everyone experiences from time to time.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of drained
Verb
  • Crabs tore through fishing nets, devoured mollusks at an alarming rate and edged out the native green crab, a local soft-shell specialty.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Only weeks ago, the most destructive wildfire in Spanish history devoured 500 square kilometers (193 square miles) and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in Ávila, in central Spain.
    — Suman Naishadham, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of devoured
Verb
  • Steinem spent 11 days working undercover as a bunny in Manhattan's Playboy Club and documenting her experience.
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Steinem spent her final years continuing to write, her representatives noted Thursday, including her forthcoming book An Unexpected Life.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of spent
Verb
  • On one day in late December, Eden barely ate all day.
    — Angela Andaloro, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • While neither is an effective big league pitcher at this point, those moves ate into the Yankees’ limited rotation depth.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2025
Definition of ate
Adjective
  • By the twentieth century, intensive farming practices had left the South dangerously vulnerable to erosion, producing depleted swaths of land where kudzu would later flourish.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Being so depleted defensively led Liverpool to sign Uruguay international Ronald Araujo on a season-long loan from Barcelona earlier this month.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of depleted
Verb
  • Three winemakers earlier this month filed suit against the owner of Hundred Acre Wines, Jayson Woodbridge, and his company alleging that smoke from the wildfire ruined their harvests, the Press Democrat reported.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Authorities in Napa County have charged a man for allegedly setting the 2025 Pickett Fire near Calistoga, which burned thousands of acres of Wine Country and ruined grape harvests because of the smoke.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of ruined
Verb
  • Deery becomes the latest player who exhausted their eligibility to sue for an extra year of eligibility.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Your eyes will thank you College students often fall asleep without removing their contacts, especially when exhausted from late-night studying or over-intoxicated from partying.
    — Dr. Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of exhausted
Adjective
  • Inadequate planting holes or wrong-sized containers cause plants to wilt and may result in damaged foliage and reduced flowering.
    — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Summary Several investor rights firms are threatening class actions against into Suja Life after its stock plummeted following disappointing Q2 earnings and reduced guidance, attributed to grocery channel weakness.
    — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of reduced

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“Consumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consumed. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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