inhale
in·hale / inˈhāl/ • v. breathe in (air, gas, smoke, etc.): [tr.] they were taken to the hospital after inhaling fumes | [intr.] she inhaled deeply on another cigarette. ∎ [tr.] inf. eat (food) greedily or rapidly: later on I inhaled a box of chocolate cookies while watching cable TV.
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