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con·sum·ing (k

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adj.

Ardent or deeply felt: a consuming interest; a consuming passion.

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Adj.

consuming - very intense; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy"

overwhelming

intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"

consuming

adjective overwhelming, gripping, absorbing, compelling, devouring, engrossing, immoderate He has developed a consuming passion for chess.

Translations

consuming [kənˈsjuːmɪŋ] ADJ → arrollador, apasionado; [passion] → dominante, avasallador

consuming [kənˈsjuːmɪŋ] adj [passion, interest] → dévorant(e)

consuming

adj ambition, interest → glühend, brennend; desire, passion also → verzehrend (geh)

consuming [kənˈsjuːmɪŋ] adj (passion, desire) → struggente

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-consuming abstain breeder reactor brush fire bureaucratic procedure burning bush cannibalise consume consumed consumption devour do drugs drink eat expend habituate inconsumable ingest partake			After listening to him for an hour, while he painted in vivid colours the extreme danger of fire consuming the house, the Hard Man to Deal With said: Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context How could that army- which had found abundant supplies in Moscow and had trampled them underfoot instead of keeping them, and on arriving at Smolensk had looted provisions instead of storing them- how could that army recuperate in Kaluga province, which was inhabited by Russians such as those who lived in Moscow, and where fire had the same property of consuming what was set ablaze? War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context He assured her the child was consuming at that moment in the next room. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context			consumable consumable supplies and materiel consumables consume consumed consumedly consumer consumer credit consumer durable consumer durables consumer finance company consumer goods consumer loan consumer logistics consumer organization consumer price index consumer protection consumer research consumer society consumer terrorism consumer watchdog Consumer's goods Consumer's surplus consumerism consumerist consuming Consumingly consummate consummated consummately consummation Consummation of marriage Consummative consummatory behaviour consumption Consumption of the bowels consumption rate consumption weed consumptive Consumptively Consumptiveness cont. Contabescent contact contact action contact adhesive contact arm contact breaker contact burst preclusion contact centre contact dermatitis			Consumers Union Consumers Union Consumers Union of Japan Consumers Union of Korea Consumers United for Rail Equity Consumers Water Company Consumers' Association Consumers' Association of Penang Consumers' Association Research and Testing Centre Consumers' Choice Award Consumers' Consultative Council Consumers' cooperative Consumers' Foundation Chinese Taipei Consumers' Health Forum of Australia Consumers' Institute of New Zealand, Inc. Consumers' Interest Protection Forum Consumers' International Consumers' League, National Consumers' organisation Consumers' Telecommunications Network Consumers' Union consumership consumership consumership consumership consumes consumes consumes consumes Consumidor Final consuming Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition Consumingly Consumingly Consumismo consummate consummate Consummate Winsock Applications consummated consummated consummately consummately consummates consummates consummating consummating consummation consummation Consummation of marriage Consummation of marriage consummations consummations consummative consummative consummator consummator consummators consummators consummatory consummatory consummatory behavior

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