Synonyms for consuming
kənˈsu mɪŋcon·sum·ing

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1. consuming, overwhelmingadjective

   very intense

   "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy"

   Synonyms:
   overwhelming, overpowering

   Antonyms:
   mild

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1. List of paraphrases for "consuming":

   consumption, consume, consumer, exertion, eating, consumers

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1. Philippe Pujol:

   The people consuming drugs aren't doing it for pleasure here, they're doing it to get away from their difficult lives -- it's a consumption of misfortune. And that's linked to the fact that there are no jobs.

2. Marco Springmann:

   Consuming red and processed meat not only affects Population Health at Oxford University but also the economy at large.

3. Bienvenido Rojas:

   I believe the government wants to get this incident out of the news, it's all consuming. It's all you hear from the time you get up in the morning.

4. Kyrsten Sinema:

   The United States government can work, it is difficult, The United States government is time-consuming, The United States government can be hard, but this very process of finding bipartisan compromise and working together... is the very heart and the very core of why each of us serve in The United States government.

5. Jude Senkungu:

   The time-consuming triage process( checking patients for Ebola symptoms before admitting them to hospital) could prove fatal for those arriving with critical injuries.