washes over
- sweepsUses a broom
- floodsOverflowing onto dry land
- engulfsSwallows up completely
- overwhelmsConquers by superior force
- surgesAbrupt powerful rises
crashes · envelops · cascades · drowns · rushes · tides · waves · emotion · relief · grief · calm · sensation · current · immersion · swell · breaking · shoreline · foam
engagement/attention
washes oversinks in
Becomes gradually understood
registers · penetrates · takes hold · resonates · hits home
physical water movement
washes overebbs
Declines or recedes
retreats · drains away · pulls back · subsides · withdraws