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consuming

[kuhn-soo-ming]

adjective

  1. strongly and urgently felt.

    a consuming need to be successful.



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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • consumingly adverb
  • consumingness noun
  • nonconsuming adjective
  • quasi-consuming adjective
  • self-consuming adjective
  • unconsuming adjective
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

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Example Sentences

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"She spent 11 nights exposed to the elements and survived by consuming the minimal food supplies she had in her possession, and drinking water from rain and puddles," a Western Australia police statement said.

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"It's extremely treacherous, time consuming. It's dirty work. It's the water still there. So, we're having to go layer by layer, peeling these off, to make those recoveries," he said.

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The fire spread quickly, consuming the garage, attic and main areas of the home and sending massive plumes of dark smoke into the air above the residential street.

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"They are consuming nicotine so frequently that they begin to feel anxious if they don't have it – even for the length of a double maths lesson, for example."

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Appeals court judges ruled at the time that Nores did not have a role in Payne’s “obtaining and consuming alcohol†and that he could not have taken actions to prevent Payne’s death.

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