1) Absorb 2) Absorb or overwhelm 3) Center 4) Centre 5) Concentrate 6) Consume 7) Cover completely 8) Deluge 9) Devote fully to 10) Engross 11) Flow over or cover completely 12) Focus 13) Immerse 14) Overwhelm 15) Overwhelm; swallow 16) Plunge 17) Pore 18) Rivet 19) Soak up 20) Steep 21) Surround 22) Swallow 1) Drench 2) Drown 3) Engross 4) Flood 5) Overpower 6) Overwhelm 7) Swallowup 8) Whelm 
• (v. t.) To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
En·gulf' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Engulfed ; present participle & verbal noun Engulfing .] [ Prefix en- + gulf : confer Old French engolfer . Confer Ingulf .] To absorb or swallow up as ...
swallow up 
[v] - flow over or cover completely
verb flow over or cover completely; `The bright light engulfed him completely`
to swallow up in or as in a gulf; submerge: The overflowing river has engulfed many small towns along its banks. · to plunge or immerse, as into a gulf: He engulfed himself in his studies.