Also means
to gulp down (food)
Usage Note
Engloutir vividly describes something being swallowed whole — a ship engloutie by the sea, or a person wolfing down food. It is an irregular -ir verb conjugated like finir but carries a stronger, more dramatic register than avaler (to swallow). The past participle englouti is common in literary descriptions of disasters.
Examples
"La mer a englouti le navire en quelques minutes."
Natural Translation
The sea swallowed the ship in a few minutes.
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