Eat up
Eat up verb - To destroy all trace of.
Usage example: the surf created by a powerful hurricane could really eat up what's left of the island's eastern beach
Use up
Use up verb - Use up (resources or materials).
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- It'll never build units, but can still mess up your economy by building structures with a high maintenance costs or structures that use up limited resources (for example, puppet cities just love building nuclear power plants that eat up your valuable supplies of uranium).
Source: Command & Conquer Economy
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