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Meanings of swallow up in English

Spanish
enterrar

Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing.

        enterrar
        Usage of swallow up in English
        1
        Coupeau was going to the bad; Coupeau would swallow up her shop.
        L'Assommoir
        2
        Any two of the parties, by combining, may swallow up the third.
        Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2
        3
        The same silence as before seemed to swallow up this last cry.
        Clerambault: The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War
        4
        But the Lord made the earth swallow up Korah, Dathan, and Abiram!
        Slavery Ordained of God
        5
        Will no kindly earthquake come and swallow up those accursed cotton mills?
        The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 / Elia and The Las...
        6
        The repayments will swallow up an average of £230 a month.
        The Guardian
        7
        If the earth should swallow up Nuremberg tonight it would not surprise me.
        In the Fire of the Forge: A Romance of Old Nuremberg — Volume 03
        8
        The earth opened her mouth, but could not swallow up the monster sin.
        The World's Great Sermons, Volume 03: Massillon to Mason
        9
        One of our cannon could swallow up all the muskets of your tribe.
        Metlakahtla and the North Pacific Mission of the Church Missiona...
        10
        Sometimes it seems as if it was going to swallow up everything and-me
        Joyce of the North Woods
        11
        You think the sun is about to swallow up the world.
        Disciple of the dog
        12
        But those vast forest aisles seemed to swallow up his voice.
        The Ghost Kings
        13
        They can swallow up anything and take it back to Walker.
        Paths not taken
        14
        Another rule is, not to let familiarity swallow up all courtesy.
        Friends in Council — First Series
        15
        One of them, however, had emotions calculated to swallow up surprise.
        Manalive
        16
        One can't swallow up a country where people write like that.
        The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
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        Translations for swallow up
        Spanish
        enterrar
        Swallow up through the time
        Swallow up across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Common