consume

(kən-so͞omˈ)

1. To take in as food; eat or drink up. See Synonyms at eat.
2. a. To expend; use up: engines that consume less fuel; a project that consumed most of my time and energy.
   b. To purchase (goods or services) for direct use or ownership.
3. To waste; squander. See Synonyms at waste.
4. To destroy totally; ravage: flames that consumed the house; a body consumed by cancer.
5. To absorb; engross: consumed with jealousy. See Synonyms at monopolize.

1. To be destroyed, expended, or wasted.
2. To purchase economic goods and services: a society that consumes as fast as it produces.