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swallow up

verb as in engulf

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There is, as Koplow notes, a danger that Hamas will swallow up Fatah.

Though the waters of another flood will not invade the earth, the flood of Divine wrath will swallow up the world of the ungodly.

“I have heard say that failures are like nothing but a devouring fire, for the money they swallow up,” she remarked.

As he said then and there, it was a bottomless chasm, and he added, "I am determined to be the last it shall swallow up."

It seemed as though a bottomless, watery grave yawned in front of us which might at any moment swallow up our boat.

The price of such a piece of sculpture would swallow up more than all I am worth.

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On this page you'll find 129 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to swallow up, such as: consume, crush, damage, dismantle, end, and eradicate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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