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
  • 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
  • Farrell said the key indicators to watch were how quickly Binance resumes withdrawals and whether outflows remain orderly.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The bank ultimately experienced more than $40 billion of deposit outflows on March 9, 2023; management actually projected that requests would exceed $100 billion the following day.
    — Erik Clarke, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 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
Noun
  • But Jonathan Fodi, a 28-year-old East Village resident wearing Adidas slides, was all for the divisive Chanel style.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Users can scroll through webpages, pinch to zoom in on photos, drag and drop slides between presentations, and move windows around the screen using touch gestures.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of slides
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
Definition of washouts
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