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total; raze, gut, fell, prostrate, level; wipe off the map, erase, obliterate, eradicate. See - destroy (defs. 1,2,4,6).
4. waste, dissipate, squander, fritter or fool away, lose, throw away, lavish, misspend, misuse, SI. blow, spend foolishly.
5. absorb, engross, take up or in, draw in; preoccupy, occupy or seize the mind, engage wholly; mesmerize, hypnotize, fix, arrest, rivet; fascinate, enwrap, enthrall, grip, hold, hold spellbound, captivate.
6. disintegrate, break up, fall apart, wear out; decay, rot, spoil, rust, go bad; go, fail, quit, SI. conk out, slow down, stop, die, give up, run out; waste away,
fade away, ebb, weaken, tire, melt; dissolve, disap pear, vanish, perish, evaporate, dissolve or disappear into thin air.
consumer, n. user, buyer, purchaser, Both Chiefly Law. vendee, emptor; shopper, marketer; customer, client, patron, patronizer, regular, Fr. habitub.
consummate, v. 1. complete, perfect, crown, top,
cap, put the last or finishing touch to; finish, carry through, conclude, close, wind up, clinch, clench, seal, bring to a successful end, terminate; fulfill, realize, actualize, achieve, reach, attain, gain; accomplish, compass, carry out, perform, execute, do.
-adj. 2. complete, total, perfect; superior, su preme, transcendent, ultimate, best, matchless, superb, excellent, superlative, extraordinary; remarkable, notable, noteworthy, distinguished; highly accomplished, expert, proficient, adept, skilled, skillful; talented, gifted, endowed, apt; masterful, masterly, professional, veteran, experienced, practiced, versed, Fr. au fait; topflight, top-drawer, first-rate, Inf. top-notch, ace, Inf. crack, SI. crackerjack, Inf. whiz-bang.
consummation, n. 1. completion, perfection, final touch or stroke; close, end, termination, finish; conclusion, finale, final act or scene, last part or stage; culmination, climax, capper, denouement.
2. fulfillment, realization, actualization; accomplishment, attainment, acquirement, achievement, fruition, success.
consumption, n. 1. use, expenditure, diminution, loss, reduction, depletion, exhaustion; waste, dissipation, dispersion, misuse; wear and tear, harm, damage; destruction, ruin, ruination, ravagement, devastation; demolition, wrecking, razing, gutting, leveling; wiping out, erasure, effacement, obliteration, eradication. See - destruction (defs. 1, 2, 4, 6).
2. tuberculosis, TB, white plague, pulmonary phthisis, black lung; gradual wasting away, wastage, decline, emaciation, tabes,
contact, n. 1. touch, tangency, taction; union, juncture, junction, conjunction, association, meeting; connection, adhesion, cohesion.
2. collision, crash, concussion, impact, Obs. impingement.
3. adjacency, contiguousness, abuttal, abutment; apposition, juxtaposition; proximity, contiguity, nearness, closeness, propinquity; communication.
4. acquaintance, reference, referral, connection, SI. in.
-v. 5. communicate with, get in touch with, get hold of, reach, look up; approach, seek out; write, phone, call, notify; meet, see.
6. touch, meet, graze, brush, scrape; (all usu. followed by on, upon, or against) impinge, strike, dash, collide.
contagion, n. 1. (all usu. of disease) communication, transmission, transmittal, transference.
2. infection, contamination, pollution, corruption.
3. spread, dispersion, dissemination, propagation, circulation; insinuation, suggestion.
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