Take
Take verb - Require (time or space).
Usage example: It took three hours to get to work this morning
Use up
Use up verb - Use up (resources or materials).
Both terms in one sentence
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In the DS remake, it instead allows you to take any item and use it on the entire party at once with full effect, although it does use up as many of the said item as there are party members.
Source: Quirky Bard - Yes, just Mewtwo, and you get to use up to 6 Pokémon in Anything Goes rules to try and take it out.
Source: Video Game / Pokémon Stadium -
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (which occupies an Alternate Continuity, despite being touted as a prequel), has the aliens as Planet Looters who need to constantly take other planets, as they quickly use up any planet under their rule.
Source: Alien Invasion
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