Collect and Using up

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Collect verb - To gain emotional or mental control of.

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Using up is an antonym for collect.

Using up noun - The act of consuming something.

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Collect is an antonym for using up in topics: die, mislay, expend, exhaust.

May be a form of Anti-Hoarding to encourage you actually using up the stuff you collect.

Source: Critical Encumbrance Failure

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