engulfed; engulfing; engulfs
1
: to flow over and enclose : overwhelm
the mounting seas threatened to engulf the island
2
: to take in (food) by or as if by flowing over and enclosing
Examples of engulf in a Sentence
The valley was engulfed in a thick fog.
high waves from the hurricane engulfed large areas of the coastal community
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The chaotic scene engulfed the area of downtown Wilmington surrounding the hospital.
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 18 June 2026
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—Nina Burns, CBS News, 17 June 2026
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—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 18 June 2026
The fire broke out on June 11 at the 1-million-square-foot medical supply warehouse along Promontory Parkway and quickly engulfed the facility, becoming one of the largest commercial structure fires in recent California history.
—Nina Burns, CBS News, 17 June 2026
Emergency personnel learned from a caller that the plane was engulfed in flames and was in a field near the regional airport.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
But the sight of fire and smoke engulfing the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a UNESCO World Heritage site founded in 1051, drew significant and widespread condemnation.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 15 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for engulf
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“Engulf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/engulf. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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