swallow up
Verb
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Verb
swallow up
- To completely enclose or envelop.
- To take over or absorb something (especially an organisation) so it no longer has a separate identity; to assimilate.
- To voraciously consume resources, such as money; to devour.
- French: engloutir, engouffrer
- German: verschlucken, verschlingen
- Portuguese: abismar
- Russian: поглоща́ть
- Spanish: abismar, tragar
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