ENGULFMENTS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

engulfments

noun

plural of engulfment

as in floods

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Noun

The droughts, floods, and crop yield reductions brought on by El Niño represent one of the primary risk factors.

— , CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
The advancing gas front improves sweep efficiency by penetrating tight, unreached reservoir compartments that standard water-injection floods bypass during secondary extraction campaigns.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of floods

Noun

India has been battling foreign capital outflows as its trade deficit has widened amid high global energy prices.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
Deposits make up roughly two-thirds of bank liabilities, so outflows or rising deposit rates can meaningfully erode profitability.

— Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of outflows

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Even though the annual summer and winter COVID surges have been getting milder, last year's flu season was unusually severe.

— Rob Stein, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026
The deployment of Border Patrol officers to the interior was unique to the surges, which began in Los Angeles in June, 2025, and the officers had become known for their volatile behavior in urban environments.

— Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of surges

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The camp’s history of flooding is long and deadly, with major inundations in 1932, 1978 and 1984, and the flooding of a nearby camp in 1987, Peck family lawsuit said.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
In west Carteret and coastal Onslow counties, the NWS warned of up to 2 feet of inundations above ground level in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways that could result in property damage.

— Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025

Definition of inundations

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And there are millions more around the world who will be offering their own outpourings of love and admiration in the days to come.

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Fans and former costars alike flooded social media with outpourings of appreciation for his talent and grief at his death.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 7 June 2026

Definition of outpourings

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But in a world where a few basis points separates legends from washouts, a 10-point edge is an enormous windfall for anyone who trusted Kalshi’s numbers over those crunched by CME, the giant futures-exchange operator.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026
The two subsequent washouts have given Sri Lanka a 1-0 series victory.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 June 2026

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