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Meanings of swallow up in inglês

espanhol
enterrar

Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing.

enterrar
Usage of swallow up in inglês
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
espanhol
enterrar
Swallow up through the time
Swallow up across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common