as in flooded
to cover with a flood
high waves from the hurricane engulfed large areas of the coastal community
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Recent Examples of engulfed
Following the game, a sea of smiles engulfed the visitors locker room.
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Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2025
Vance aims to succeed in the latest chapter of a conflict that has engulfed previous American administrations.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Instead, they are engulfed in the waves and, as the video ends, are nowhere to be seen.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Students and teachers prepared for the band's arrival with the band's legendary black-and-white face paint, and the city was soon engulfed in rock 'n' roll mania.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Deadbeat might often come off like an album about feeling engulfed by life.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
The 34-second clip shows a seemingly small vessel in the water soon engulfed in flames after the airstrike.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
He then was engulfed by his teammates and shared a long embrace with Messi.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
In the video, an officer was seen rushing to a car already engulfed in flames.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2025
Vance aims to succeed in the latest chapter of a conflict that has engulfed previous American administrations.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Instead, they are engulfed in the waves and, as the video ends, are nowhere to be seen.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Students and teachers prepared for the band's arrival with the band's legendary black-and-white face paint, and the city was soon engulfed in rock 'n' roll mania.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Deadbeat might often come off like an album about feeling engulfed by life.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
The 34-second clip shows a seemingly small vessel in the water soon engulfed in flames after the airstrike.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
He then was engulfed by his teammates and shared a long embrace with Messi.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
In the video, an officer was seen rushing to a car already engulfed in flames.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for engulfed
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In the recent past, Japanese companies like Toyota and Sony had flooded America’s market with high quality but inexpensive cars and electronics, harming the business of great American brands, including General Motors and RCA.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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In 1700, for example, the Dutch flooded part of West Africa with perhaps as much as 40 million pounds of gunpowder, enough for well over half a billion musket shots; the world population at the time may have been as low as 600 million people.—
Clifton Crais,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The offensive line has made progress since they were overwhelmed by Miami's front seven in Week 1, but the unit will be without a key member for the next few games.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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That’s according to data conducted by The Harris Poll for Nift, a double-sided marketplace that allows companies to incentivize consumers with gift cards, shows that more than 60 percent of consumers are overwhelmed by the number of ads brands and retailers present to them.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The ghost of a Cloyd brother's daughter who fell from a horse and drowned in a stream is said to make her presence known.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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Sergeant Anna Barbosa said Hennigan is believed to have drowned.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Photos taken of the aftermath show the aircraft partially submerged in water near the airport's sea wall.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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The 8,100-ton HMS Agamemnon successfully submerged near BAE Systems’s facility in Barrow, Cumbria.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Engulfed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engulfed. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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