Conserve and Consume

Conserve

Conserve verb - To avoid the wasteful or destructive use of.
Usage example: the need to conserve oil and other finite fossil fuels

Consume is an antonym for conserve.

Consume

Consume verb - To destroy all trace of.
Usage example: massive fires had consumed hundreds of square miles of forest

Conserve is an antonym for consume.

Common collocations

energy conserve energy consume energy
stamina conserve stamina consume stamina
power conserve power consume power
life conserve life consume life
Other words: matter, meat, resources, time, space, supplies, food, blood, magic, items, products, ammo, fuel, oxygen, mana, bullets, powers, amounts, biomass.
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