ingulf
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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“The land was shaken by frightful earthquakes, and the waves of the sea combined with volcanic fires to overwhelm and ingulf it.”
From Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology by Baldwin, John D. (John Denison)
The sea is like a sea of death, ready to ingulf and never to reveal: a visible shadow of oblivion.
From Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women by MacDonald, George
A vast black wave reared itself between the ship and the eastern horizon, and came rolling onward, seeming to threaten to ingulf all before it.
From The Red Rover by Cooper, James Fenimore
Shame were it, Grecians! should we seek by flight500 Our galleys now; yawn earth our feet beneath And here ingulf us rather!
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William
Whirlpools turned her skiff round and round like a feather, and yawning gulfs threatened each moment to ingulf her.
From Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt
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