swallow up
Absorb without trace
To swallow up is to engulf or absorb completely, often suggesting something smaller being consumed by something larger: The fog swallowed up the coastline, Small businesses get swallowed up by corporations.
The phrase emphasizes totality—what's swallowed up disappears entirely into whatever took it in.
Completely surround and cover
- envelopSurround and cover fully
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
- submergePlunge beneath liquid
- immersePlunge into liquid entirely
surround · enclose · overtake · flood · inundate · drown · deluge · overcome
Take in fully
- assimilateAbsorb and incorporate fully
- incorporateAbsorb into something larger
- integrateCombine into unified whole
- subsumeAbsorb into broader category
merge · amalgamate · take over · annex · acquire · consolidate · fuse · engross
engulf
Completely surround and cover
immerse · surround · enclose · overtake · flood · inundate · drown · deluge · overcome · bury
absorb
Take in fully
- assimilateAbsorb and incorporate fully
- incorporateAbsorb into something larger
- integrateCombine into unified whole
subsume · merge · amalgamate · take over · annex · acquire · consolidate · fuse · engross · monopolize
consume
Take in fully
use up · eat up · spend · expend · devour · burn through · squander · waste · dissipate · gobble up