ENGULFMENTS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

engulfments

noun

plural of engulfment

as in floods

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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

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
Net outflows reached nearly $780 billion in 2025, exceeding the 2015 peak of about $630 billion, according to Zhou, as residents accumulated overseas assets and outbound investment climbed.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 11 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

As Trump slides toward lame-duck status, cleavages within the group and between it and traditional progressives are becoming more salient.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2026
Another spot that’s a hit for fun-loving travelers of all ages, Thundering Surf Water Park features water slides, a lazy river, a flow rider, and putting greens.

— Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 17 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

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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

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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