Lewis & Short

dē-gluttĭo (deglūtĭo), īre,

  1. I. v. a., to swallow down (post-Aug. and rare): hunc cibum, Fronto Ep. ad amic. 1, 15: virum, Avit. 4, 364; Vulg. Jon. 2, 1; Psa. 124, 3. Said of the earth, Num. 16, 30.
  2. II. Transf., to overwhelm, abolish: mortem, Vulg. 1 Pet. 2, 23.