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
Cellphone video from last summer shows one hot dog cart engulfed in flames as customers stand by.
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Jeff Nguyen, CBS News, 11 May 2026
The Venice Biennale, the world’s most prestigious international art exhibition, is engulfed in controversy this year.
—Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 10 May 2026
Thirty minutes later, the building was again engulfed in flames.
—Kayla Bartkowski, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
The war engulfed what remained of Johnson’s presidency, and his vision for a Great Society never achieved the height of his ambition.
—Mark Conway, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2026
One tweet features an AI cover of a fake Slayr album called BURGERMAN that imagines him as a half-burger, half-human hybrid engulfed in a hellish flood of grease and cheese splatter.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026
In a new First Opinion essay, Altman writes movingly about how Braunwald changed the practice of modern medicine, even as a scandal engulfed his laboratory.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 7 May 2026
Only after Swalwell was engulfed in his scandal did House Republicans push Gonzales to quit.
—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
The driver fled before the vehicle was fully engulfed and was later found hiding behind a vehicle at a Porsche dealership.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Jeff Nguyen, CBS News, 11 May 2026
The Venice Biennale, the world’s most prestigious international art exhibition, is engulfed in controversy this year.
—Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 10 May 2026
Thirty minutes later, the building was again engulfed in flames.
—Kayla Bartkowski, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
The war engulfed what remained of Johnson’s presidency, and his vision for a Great Society never achieved the height of his ambition.
—Mark Conway, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2026
One tweet features an AI cover of a fake Slayr album called BURGERMAN that imagines him as a half-burger, half-human hybrid engulfed in a hellish flood of grease and cheese splatter.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026
In a new First Opinion essay, Altman writes movingly about how Braunwald changed the practice of modern medicine, even as a scandal engulfed his laboratory.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 7 May 2026
Only after Swalwell was engulfed in his scandal did House Republicans push Gonzales to quit.
—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
The driver fled before the vehicle was fully engulfed and was later found hiding behind a vehicle at a Porsche dealership.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for engulfed
Verb
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Letters signed by dozens of local officials, legislators from both houses, environmental groups and clean energy businesses have flooded in to try to save the program.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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People quickly flooded the comments with reactions and support for the classy move.—
David Hookstead OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2026
Verb
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One video from the scene showed a police officer overwhelmed by the crowd, and using pepper spray to control the mob.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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That experience lead her to create Reale Actives, in hopes of making the treatment both aesthetically nicer than a lot of what's on the market, as well as simpler for those overwhelmed by all the treatment options.—
Beth Shapouri,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
Verb
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In 1994, Susan Smith drowned her two young children by strapping them in a car and rolling it into a South Carolina lake.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026
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Autopsies later revealed that the three had drowned, MLive and WJRT reported.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
Verb
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Two cans of personal beverages were submerged in ice inside the ice machine.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
May 15,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2026
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While submerged, the Borei class SSBNs are the most survivable leg of the Russian nuclear triad.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
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“Engulfed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engulfed. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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