ENGULFMENTS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

engulfments

noun

plural of engulfment

as in floods

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Noun

Dessert brings homemade gulab jamun and cardamom sticky toffee cake, which Gurjar floods with caramel and finishes with flaky salt.

— Mehr Singh, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
Last month, rains described as the heaviest in more than 80 years caused severe floods in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, and left eight people dead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of floods

Noun

Until the record exit in March this year, the outflows in October 2024 were the highest in a month.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
Binance immediately initiated multiple containment measures, including suspending withdrawals to restrict further outflows, coordinating with partners to freeze affected tokens, and taking steps to revoke unauthorized permissions.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of outflows

Noun

Hangang’s arrival has been delayed by surges in GPU prices during the recent artificial intelligence (AI) boom.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
Some states are seeing surges of up to 50% more voters casting early ballots than four years ago.

— Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of surges

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Belgian artist Carsten Höller’s giant, spiraling silver slides have made their way to Arte Abierto Polanco in Mexico City as part of a permanent installation.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
After obtaining search warrants, authorities seized about 27 items, including slides, film negatives and books, from the first unit.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of slides

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Remember Popcorn Time, the app that served as an easy-to-use front end for streaming torrents of movies and TV shows?

— Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026
There was also a time when leadership halted, then resumed, downloading torrents sourced from Anna’s Archive, another staffer testified.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of torrents

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The flooding was remarkable even for a neighborhood that has been prone to regular inundations in the past, particularly during El Niño.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of inundations

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After Machchhar’s identity and the details of the event were revealed, outpourings of thanks and affection came from across the Israeli political spectrum.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of outpourings

Noun

Massive waves also stripped millions of cubic yards of sand from Southern California beaches, and sections of the Pacific Coast Highway suffered severe flooding, mudslides and washouts.

— Gary Griggs, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026
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

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