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consumer

to consume entirely

verb kohn-soo-MEH Rare

Also means

to burn up

Usage Note

Consumer is a formal or literary verb meaning to destroy completely by burning or to exhaust a resource entirely; it is not the everyday word for 'to consume food or goods' (that is consommer). The phrase être consumé par conveys being overwhelmed by a passion or emotion. The adjective consumé can mean 'consumed by' in a literary sense.

Examples

"Le feu a consumé la forêt entière."

Natural Translation

The fire consumed the entire forest.

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