ENGULFMENT Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

engulfment

noun

Definition of engulfment

as in inundation

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Noun

Other coastal cities are seeing similar seawater inundation, including San Pedro, Redondo Beach and Huntington Beach.

— Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Floodwaters are beginning to impact farmland, woodlands, nurseries, parks, athletic fields, golf courses, greenways, and boat-access areas with up to 2 feet of inundation.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of inundation

Noun

The force, unlike the fresh surge of Salvadoran troops, has put in place safeguards for arriving troops, including two weeks of in-country training on human rights.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Southeast Asia is riding an investment boom, as a surge in chip exports pushes economies like Vietnam and the Philippines up the World Bank’s income ladder, as defined by the World Bank.

— Sam Beltran, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of surge

Noun

India has been hit with record outflows by foreign investors from its equity markets.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026
These measures did not stem the outflow of roughly 100,000 specialists—about a tenth of Russia’s tech workforce—over the course of 2022.

— Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of outflow

Noun

Panahi subsequently traveled widely to promote the drama, which centers around an outpouring of strong feelings by a group of former prisoners toward a torturous guard and stems from his incarceration.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
The decision was made after an outpouring of criticism against the Mayor over the contract and a meeting with Mamdani and NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, sources with knowledge of the case said.

— Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of outpouring

Noun

Forty-three completed the workplace portion, wearing both the Bared Turtur and an ASOS Design Mary Jane Lottie for four weeks each, with a two-week washout period in between.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026
Heavy rain has already caused problems in the county, including a washout on County Road 500 late last month.

— Jeff Todd, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of washout

Noun

The win ends a two-game slide by the Jayhawks, who have struggled to keep pace in the highly competitive Big 12 Conference since coach Lance Leipold took over in 2021.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
But the latest slide in stocks could also mean that investors have already priced bad news into those companies, Mahaney said.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

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