as in to flood
to cover with a flood
high waves from the hurricane engulfed large areas of the coastal community
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Recent Examples of engulf
Last year’s Camerimage was engulfed in controversy after festival founder and CEO Marek Żydowicz published an Op-Ed that appeared to argue that admitting the work of more female cinematographers would mean compromising on artistic quality.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
As flames began to engulf the American House senior living community in Southgate, first responders ran into the building and began assisting residents out, police body camera footage shows.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
That was where the positives ended for Golden State, which was demolished by a Blazers team engulfed in a gambling scandal.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Within seconds, intense flames engulfed the entire body of the electric minivan, leaving only a charred frame behind.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
As flames began to engulf the American House senior living community in Southgate, first responders ran into the building and began assisting residents out, police body camera footage shows.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
That was where the positives ended for Golden State, which was demolished by a Blazers team engulfed in a gambling scandal.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Within seconds, intense flames engulfed the entire body of the electric minivan, leaving only a charred frame behind.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engulf
Verb
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Construction fines at the site For Smith, the biggest concern was flooding in his backyard.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Nov. 2025
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Theories range from the Fitzgerald striking a shoal and suffering bottom damage to flooding through the freighter's hatch covers, which filled the ship with water and sank it, to rogue waves, to structural flaws in the ship that the 1975 storm made deadly.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Those skills will likely overwhelm just about every competitor this trio faces this season.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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And even if a few curve balls come in, that doesn’t necessarily overwhelm me.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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When the bodies of the drowned are retrieved, they’re sent to Alexandroupoli to be identified.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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In an effort to save their relationship, Smith drowned her two young sons.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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What dessert really needs is to be put in a tin, covered with foil, tied with the littlest string outside of Cardi B’s thong, and then placed in the oven in a pan that is half submerged in water?—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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His co-star White, Strong said, was similarly locked in; the two barely talked on set, each submerged in their character bubble.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Engulf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engulf. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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