Absorb
Absorb verb - To take in (something liquid) through small openings.
Evolve
Evolve verb - To throw or give off.
Usage example: baking soda and citric acid react with each other and evolve carbon dioxide
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Meanwhile, the demons (who absorb the bodies of their victims to "evolve" into stronger forms) look like Darwin on LSD.
Source: Female Angel, Male Demon -
It eats everything it comes across to absorb their DNA, and uses it to rapidly evolve from a worm to a bizarre mashup of features.
Source: The Assimilator - Most bad guys are content to evolve by normal Darwinian means, but some guys like to eat things and absorb their DNA.
Source: Evil Evolves
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