consuming

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of consume

adj

  1. Holding one's attention or interest.
    a consuming passion

noun

  1. consumption; the process by which something is consumed
    […] in Greek philosophy world cycles and world incinerations were immanent processes of nature, the self-consumings of the cosmic process, which have their corresponding self-restorations. 1985, Hans Blumenberg, The Legitimacy of the Modern Age, page 37

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