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
  • While the ballot box can’t change the risk of floods or hurricanes, a constitutional amendment on the November ballot could reduce homeowners’ costs in the form of lower property taxes.
    — Abigail Hall, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
  • Residents from the region spoke to her about dealing with avalanches, floods and landslides in their isolated home.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 July 2026
Definition of floods
Noun
  • Ironically, the ETFs, introduced in late May to broaden investment opportunities for retail traders and stem outflows into similar products abroad, have become a lightning rod for criticism and blamed for amplifying volatility.
    — Youkyung Lee, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
  • While heavy foreign equity selling earlier this year weighed on the won, Goldman said those outflows have slowed, allowing the currency's strong external fundamentals to reassert themselves.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 27 July 2026
Definition of outflows
Noun
  • The recent surges for sellers of computer processors and memory are backed by real revenue and profits, but the exceptional growth won’t be sustainable if AI does not produce as much profit and productivity as hoped.
    — Stan Choe, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • Experts say the broadly positive changes are exceeding expectations, improving on baseline crime rates from before 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought historic surges in violence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Definition of surges
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  • Pair it with slides and a tote for the beach, or layer it with a denim jacket and white sneakers for travel days.
    — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2026
  • With a wave pool, a lazy river, and a number of different water slides and rides, there’s something for everyone.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of slides
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  • Most of the deaths were in Hengzhou, where the partial collapse of a reservoir dam sent torrents of water into the city and claimed 26 lives, said Ding Wei, the vice mayor of Nanning city, which has jurisdiction over the area.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
  • One significant problem, however, is that red dwarfs spit out harmful torrents of radiation in fierce gusts of their stellar winds, which can strip away a planet's atmosphere.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 2 July 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
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  • 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
  • Most of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge lies at least 2,500 meters below the sea, where extreme pressure keeps volcanic gases from expanding and limits eruptions to quiet outpourings of lava.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 26 May 2026
Definition of outpourings
Noun
  • The two subsequent washouts have given Sri Lanka a 1-0 series victory.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 June 2026
  • There will be several chances for rain across Maryland Wednesday through early next week, but none of the days are looking like washouts.
    — Cutter Martin, CBS News, 6 May 2026
Definition of washouts
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“Engulfments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engulfments. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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