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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