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   whelm

   /(h)welm/

   verb

   • 1. engulf, submerge, or bury (someone or something): "a swimmer whelmed in a raging storm"
   • ▪ flow or heap up abundantly: "the brook whelmed up from its source"

   noun

   • 1. an act or instance of flowing or heaping up abundantly; a surge: "the whelm of the tide"

   Word Origin Middle English: representing an Old English form parallel to hwelfan ‘overturn (a vessel’).

   Scrabble Points: 13

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