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be swallowed up

VERB

disappear

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abandon depart die die out dissipate dissolve escape evaporate expire fade flee fly go leave melt perish recede retire retreat sink wane withdraw

STRONG

abscond clear decamp dematerialize disperse ebb end evanesce exit pass vacate vamoose

WEAK

be done for be gone be lost be no more cease to exist come to naught drop out of sight end gradually evanish fade away go south leave no trace melt away pass away take flight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

advance appear be born begin coagulate come continue enter face fight forge grow improve increase keep meet remain rise solidify stay strengthen wait

WEAK

arrive come in

VERB

merge

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absorb blend combine consolidate fuse incorporate join meld unite

STRONG

amalgamate assimilate cement centralize coalesce compound conglomerate converge intermingle intermix marry meet mingle mix network pool submerge synthesize tag

WEAK

become lost in become partners come aboard deal one in hitch on hook up immerge interface join up line up melt into plug into slap on tack on team up throw in together tie in

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disconnect disjoin disperse divide part separate

STRONG

scatter unmix

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“I just think they need to be more effective at explaining the science in a way that can be swallowed up by the masses.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Sometimes it feels as though, if we take one wrong step, we’ll be swallowed up by one of them.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2025

Prempeh was the Asante king, or "Asantehene", of the late 19th Century who resisted British demands that his territory be swallowed up into the expanding Gold Coast protectorate.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2024

Worldwide, rising sea levels and increasing urbanization represent a formula for disaster, with more and more people seeking to live on land that will, at some point, be swallowed up by the sea.

From New York Times • May 10, 2024

Or soon they would be swallowed up by the darkness?

From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis

be swallowed up

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