Business Acquisitions

noun a group or collection of things considered as a whole

adverb as a whole; all together

• The shareholders voted to sell the company en bloc.
• Let's just sell everything en bloc and be done with it.
• I heard they're getting rid of all their old inventory en bloc.
• She decided to cut ties with her past en bloc and start fresh.

verb to engulf or consume something completely

adverb used to modify the verb 'swallow' to indicate the manner in which something is consumed completely

• The massive sinkhole seemed to swallow up everything in its path.
• The big wave came and just swallowed up our sandcastle.
• I can't believe that new video game just swallowed up all my free time.
• Her fear of failure threatened to swallow up her confidence.