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[ verb ] enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
Examples "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter" Used in print (Mary Savage, Just for Tonight....)She seemed to have come such a long distance - too far for her destination which had wilfully been swallowed_up in the greedy gloom of the trees . She had to get_away from here before_this demoniac possession swallowed_up the liquid of her eyes and sank into the fibers of her brain , depriving her of reason and sight . Related terms |
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