self-consuming
adjective
(alsoselfconsuming)uk/ˌself.kənˈsjuː.mɪŋ/us/ˌself.kənˈsuː.mɪŋ/Something that is self-consuming uses itselfcompletelyorcompletelydestroysitself, without anyoutsideforcesoractions:
Thiscombinationofrevulsionandfascinationdrivesthenovel, giving it a self-consumingenergy.
Life in thisworldwhere everythingturnsin on itself isshallowand self-consuming.
- When one'sfateis in thehandsof another who isthoughtof asmaliciouslyorcontemptuouslyunjust, self-consumingbitternessis theresult.
- Hedescribedthecigaretteas the self-consumingiconofuselessdelight.
- Thepaintingsuggeststhathumanscanbecomeliterallyself-consuming, likeSaturneatinghis ownchildren.
Using and misusing
- adopt
- adoption
- avail
- availyourselfofsomething
- be/go heavy onsomethingidiom
- exhaust
- go through
- gobblesomethingup
- make capital out ofsomethingidiom
- max
- max out
- spare
- spent
- swallow
- tap
- turn over
- turn tosomeone/something
- turn/usesomethingto good accountidiom
- unblock
- underuse