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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
At least Mark Zuckerberg had the decency to be duplicitous, Altman is just openly consumed by the mania of trying to win the most important technological arms race since the atom bomb. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026 The same technology that’s transformed how audiobooks are consumed has also changed how they’re made. — Brian Raftery, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026 The releases buy time, but mean inventories are being consumed rather than rebuilt, making restocking a longer-term source of demand. — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 In Vietnam, cat meat traditionally is more commonly consumed in the north, among older generations. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 One of Clayton’s basses destroyed when fire consumed his home in Altadena was almost 200 years old and had been owned formerly by bassist Ray Brown. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 To be consumed by shame while growing up from a boy to a man, but not really being able to grow up — there’s a stuntedness. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 Customers may become less willing to pay for hours worked, software seats consumed, or complexity managed. — Brian Solis, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 The resulting powder was applied to skin or mixed into drinks and consumed, as it was thought to have medicinal properties. — Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 29, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 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
  • Soon Drews noticed the speed with which her cheesecakes were devoured.
    — David Farley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Typically just a minute or two in length, the videos are devoured by Chinese audiences at breakfast, on their morning commutes, during their lunch breaks and on their free time after work — and almost any time in between.
    — Ling Wei, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of devoured
Verb
  • Messner was convicted of bankruptcy fraud in 1995 and spent about two years in prison.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
  • This is one of the newer segments to join Spotify, which has also been expanding from podcasting and music into fitness, in a push to increase customer stickiness and the time spent on the platform.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 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
  • The technology is intended to support DUF6 deconversion, a process used to convert depleted uranium hexafluoride into more stable chemical forms.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
  • If people are simply producing more while working just as long and feeling more depleted, AI has increased output, not productivity.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of depleted
Verb
  • As Vanderslice unwittingly contributed to the story with some quotes, not realizing the tone and direction of the article, his candidacy was derailed and his credibility ruined.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Some suburbs battled soil erosion, which ruined rivers and contaminated drinking water.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of ruined
Verb
  • In fact, even before the show actually starts, Bob can be exhausted, having been awake since some ridiculous hour.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Shapiro eventually concedes that good-faith developers are at the Homer City campus, something that earns a broad smile from Steffee, exhausted by the politics.
    — Salena Zito, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of exhausted
Adjective
  • If a community decides the potential benefits of such a project (jobs and reduced taxes, for example) outweigh its costs, the municipality should be able to move forward.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Backers of the measure say the parks department provides an essential safety net for the city’s low-income residents, offering summer camps, sports activities and senior programs for free or at reduced prices.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
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“Consumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consumed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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