whelm

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There those hold them mute, though at speaking distance— Mute, while clicking flints, and the crash of volleys Whelm the weighted gloom with immense distraction Pending their fire.

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas

Whelm, hwelm, v.t. to cover completely: to plunge deep: to overburden: to ruin, destroy.—v.i. to pass over in such a way as to submerge.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Meantime safer than a king Lie hid, nor let the fortune of thy lord Whelm thee with all its weight.

From Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan

Wing the dove's flight, The black hawk smite; Back to its nest let the white dove flee, Whelm the black hawk beneath the sea.

From The Corsair King by Safford, Mary J.