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inundate
To overwhelm with a rush or great amount of anything
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  1. To overwhelm with a rush or great amount of anything
  2. To cover or engulf with a flood; deluge
  3. To cover with water, especially floodwaters.
submerge
To cover over; suppress; hide
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  1. To cover over; suppress; hide
  2. To go under or as if under water.
  3. To place under or cover with water or the like; plunge into water, inundate, etc.
overwhelm
To overcome emotionally
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  1. To overcome emotionally
  2. To present with an excessive amount:
  3. To turn over; upset:
deluge
To overwhelm with a large number or amount; swamp:
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  1. To overwhelm with a large number or amount; swamp:
  2. To overrun with water; inundate.
  3. To overwhelm as with a flood
drown
To drench thoroughly or cover with a liquid.
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  1. To drench thoroughly or cover with a liquid.
  2. To cover with water; flood; inundate
  3. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.
flood
To put much or too much water, fuel, etc. on or in
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  1. To put much or too much water, fuel, etc. on or in
  2. To become inundated or submerged:
  3. A temporary rise of the water level, as in a river or lake or along a seacoast, resulting in its spilling over and out of its natural or artificial confines onto land that is normally dry. Floods are usually caused by excessive runoff from precipitation or snowmelt, or by coastal storm surges or other tidal phenomena. &diamf3; Floods are sometimes described according to their statistical occurrence. A fifty-year flood is a flood having a magnitude that is reached in a particular location on average once every fifty years. In any given year there is a two percent statistical chance of the occurrence of a fifty-year flood and a one percent chance of a hundred-year flood .
flush
(Intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
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  1. (Intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
  2. To flow suddenly and abundantly, as from containment; flood.
  3. To clean, rinse, or empty with a rapid flow of a liquid, especially water:
inundate
To overwhelm as if with a flood; swamp:
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  1. To overwhelm as if with a flood; swamp:
  2. To cover with water, especially floodwaters.
  3. To cover or engulf with a flood; deluge
overflow
To be filled beyond capacity, as a container or waterway.
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  1. To be filled beyond capacity, as a container or waterway.
  2. To flow over or across; flood
  3. To spread or cover over; flood.
overwhelm
To defeat completely and decisively:
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  1. To defeat completely and decisively:
  2. To turn over; upset:
  3. To present with an excessive amount:
submerge
To place under or cover with water or the like; plunge into water, inundate, etc.
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  1. To place under or cover with water or the like; plunge into water, inundate, etc.
  2. To go under or as if under water.
  3. To sink or plunge beneath the surface of water, etc.
whelm
To overpower or crush; overwhelm
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  1. To overpower or crush; overwhelm
  2. To submerge, cover, or engulf
  3. To cover with water; submerge.
crush
To put down with force; subdue:
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  1. To put down with force; subdue:
  2. To proceed or move by crowding or pressing:
  3. To be or become crushed:
overcome
To deal with successfully; prevail over; surmount:
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  1. To deal with successfully; prevail over; surmount:
  2. To get the better of in competition, struggle, etc.; conquer
  3. To overpower, as with emotion; affect deeply:
overpower
To supply with more power than is needed
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  1. To supply with more power than is needed
  2. To overcome or vanquish by superior force; subdue.
  3. To get the better of by superior power; make helpless; subdue
overwhelm
To turn over; upset:
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  1. To turn over; upset:
  2. To present with an excessive amount:
  3. To overcome emotionally
prostrate
Growing flat along the ground. Creeping jenny, pennyroyal, and many species of ivy have a prostrate growth habit.
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  1. Growing flat along the ground. Creeping jenny, pennyroyal, and many species of ivy have a prostrate growth habit.
  2. To throw or put in a prostrate position; lay flat on the ground
  3. To cause to lie flat:
Find another word for engulf. In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for engulf, like: inundate, swallow-up, submerge, overwhelm, cover, immerse, sink, deluge, drown, flood and flush.

Sentence Examples

  • Jessi fought back whatever spell was trying to engulf her.

  • Engulf yourself in this mystical, legendary land.

  • When phagocytes encounter an invading organism, they surround and engulf it in order to destroy it.

  • Tops that hit at the waist can break up a petite frame and long flowing tunics can engulf a smaller woman's body.

  • When new antigens enter the body, white blood cells (called macrophages) engulf them, process the information contained in the antigens, and send it to the T-cells so that an immune system response can be mobilized.

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