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 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
Noun
  • Johnson did not respond to requests for additional details about the state’s salt procurement issues, but Randolph said his conversations with state officials indicate there are two overarching reasons for the price surges.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • And planning cycles should include scenario modeling for carrier failures, demand surges and inventory shortages.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of surges
Noun
  • An executive questioned whether seven slides sufficiently demonstrated all our work.
    — Mustafa Shreet, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • At one point, Musashi slips on mud and slides headfirst through a crowd of Samurai.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of slides
Noun
  • The rocks and melted water suddenly swelled the rivers in the valleys below, causing torrents of water that swept buildings, bridges and earth downstream in Tibet and Nepal.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Footage shows torrents of mud and debris sweeping through settlements and carrying buildings and vehicles with them.
    — Milad Haghani, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 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
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of washouts
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