Modern warfare is an industrial activity, and industry is a voracious consumer of local water.
And I've made a point about being an absolutely voracious consumer of the things we're trying to bring to people.
Printers are voracious consumers of paper, and thus of trees.
Aluminum companies, voracious consumers of power, fought for and won a $500 million exemption.
Americans, as the world's most voracious consumers, contribute far more per capita to the world's environmental problems than anyone else.
Further, color photographs are voracious consumers of hard disk space.
"China is a voracious consumer of semiconductor chips and this will give us a level playing field."
Not surprisingly, he has always been a voracious consumer of all things factual.
Other species are voracious consumers of mosquito larvae, and have potential as biological control agents.
At the same time, their aging baby-boomer parents are ever more voracious consumers of health care.