consuming

(verb) eat immoderately. Synonyms: devour, down, consume, go through. Example: "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal."

(verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly. Synonyms: consume, ingest, take in, take, have. Examples: "Have another bowl of chicken soup!." "I don't take sugar in my coffee."

(verb) spend extravagantly. Synonyms: consume, squander, waste, ware. Example: "Waste not, want not."

(verb) destroy completely. Synonyms: consume. Example: "The fire consumed the building."

(verb) use up (resources or materials). Synonyms: consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out. Examples: "This car consumes a lot of gas." "We exhausted our savings." "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week."

(verb) engage fully. Synonyms: consume. Example: "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy."

(adj) very intense. Synonyms: overwhelming. Examples: "Politics is his consuming passion." "Overwhelming joy."