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
The scandal engulfed the race almost immediately.
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
The disaster forced terrified guests and hotel staff to leap from windows or dangle bedsheets to escape rooms engulfed in smoke and flames.
—CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Sudan has been engulfed in a bloody civil war since April 2023, when a power struggle between RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, and Sudanese Armed Forces leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan escalated into open conflict.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025
And then there were pics of Ben several years on, driving himself to class through the rutted streets of Cambridge in his motorized chair, or engulfed on the sideline by his teammates at the annual Yale-Harvard classic.
—Nick Stern, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
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.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 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
Video from the scene showed the back of the bus engulfed in flames while the vehicle sat at a stop sign.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
The disaster forced terrified guests and hotel staff to leap from windows or dangle bedsheets to escape rooms engulfed in smoke and flames.
—CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Sudan has been engulfed in a bloody civil war since April 2023, when a power struggle between RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, and Sudanese Armed Forces leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan escalated into open conflict.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025
And then there were pics of Ben several years on, driving himself to class through the rutted streets of Cambridge in his motorized chair, or engulfed on the sideline by his teammates at the annual Yale-Harvard classic.
—Nick Stern, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
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.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 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
Video from the scene showed the back of the bus engulfed in flames while the vehicle sat at a stop sign.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for engulfed
Verb
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Fans have flooded social media to share their support for Duff.—
Saba Hamedy,
NBC news,
7 Nov. 2025
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Vivid memories of countless nights spent watching bad cult movies with my childhood friends flooded my mind, accompanied by the energetic drum machine pulses and synthesizer melodies of famed B-movie composer Chuck Cirino’s score for Deathstalker II.—
Bear McCreary,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The flood of people overwhelmed Bajo Chiquito, an impoverished community of 382 members of the Indigenous Emberá-Wounaan people.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Food banks nationwide are overwhelmed by surging demand, with long lines and limited supplies.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Authorities said Winstead's 3-month old baby drowned in a motel bathtub in Louisville on New Year's Day.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 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
Verb
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Avoid basements or rooms where water has submerged electrical outlets or cords.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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One of the latest vessels of the Borei-A class, Knyaz Pozharsky, displaces 24,000 tons submerged.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Engulfed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engulfed. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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