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engulfments

noun

plural of engulfment
as in floods

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  1. floods
  2. outflows
  3. surges
  4. slides
  5. torrents
  6. inundations
  7. outpourings
  8. washouts
Noun
  • The island of Maui could also be hit with life-threatening floods and mudslides, the hurricane center said.
    — MEGAN JANETSKY, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Heat is the deadliest natural disaster event — a silent killer that claims more lives each year than hurricanes, tornadoes and floods combined.
    — Maria Hadden, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of floods
Noun
  • Chen said that the breach had been contained, preventing further unauthorized outflows.
    — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
  • This is region where the outflows of matter driven by intense magnetic fields collide with winds heated by energy-carrying neutrinos.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of outflows
Noun
  • Florida, in particular, is facing one of its worst dengue surges in decades.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Berlin — German leader Friedrich Merz's position is under threat as the far-right surges in popularity and support for his own center-right party tanks.
    — Anna Noryskiewicz, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of surges
Noun
  • By the time Simon helped with the redecoration, her dad had settled into another chapter of life, selling arcade games and raising his family, and leaving the traces of his former career stored in a large collection of Kodachrome slides.
    — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
  • There were slides, there was a demo everyone loved, and then, a few quarters later, someone stopped pulling the usage numbers and the whole thing faded.
    — Amirtha Saminathan, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of slides
Noun
  • Like the groves and gardens, houses built foolhardily near the dry summertime river risked being pulled off their foundations and washed away by the winter torrents.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • This included one on Reddit about torrents on the site 1337x —which is frequently used for online piracy— delivering an executable file, rather than a media file.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of torrents
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • This succinct statement follows outpourings of both support and criticism of Sims, including additional allegations that YISE has imitated other beauty brands—the very thing Sims was lamenting.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The heavy emotional toll on their families, first responders and the broadcast news community has prompted outpourings of grief from city and state leaders.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of outpourings
Noun
  • Officials said special attention will be given to gravel roads that could be susceptible to washouts and erosion.
    — Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of washouts
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“Engulfments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engulfments. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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