Engulf synonyms

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inundate
To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.
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overwhelm
To affect deeply in mind or emotion:
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consume
To destroy completely.
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swallow-up
To completely enclose or envelop
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bury
To put (a dead body) into the earth, a tomb, or the sea, usually in a ceremonial manner; inter
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deluge
To deluge is defined as to flood or to overwhelm someone with anything.
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submerge
Submerge is defined as to cover over, or to place or go under water.
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overflow
To have a boundless supply; be superabundant.
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whelm
To overwhelm.
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plunge
(Intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge one's self.
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absorb
The definition of absorb means to completely have someone’s attention.
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engross
To write out in large letters of a kind once used for legal documents
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flood
To overflow.
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swallow
To envelop or engulf:
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swamp
To become full of water or sink.
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flush
To start up from cover
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crush
To crush is defined as to press hard enough to injure, break into small pieces or beat down emotionally.
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overcome
To deal with successfully; prevail over; surmount:
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overpower
To overcome or vanquish by superior force; subdue.
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prostrate
Growing flat along the ground. Creeping jenny, pennyroyal, and many species of ivy have a prostrate growth habit.
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full (related)
To increase the density and usually the thickness of (cloth) by shrinking and beating or pressing.
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affect (related)
To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.]
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steep
To be steeped
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immerse
The definition of immerse is to dip or put something completely into a liquid, or to totally absorb yourself in a particular activity.
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drown
To kill by submerging and suffocating in water or another liquid.
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envelop (related)
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shatter (related)
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suffocate (related)
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devastate (related)
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smother (related)
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enshroud (related)
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annihilate (related)
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erupt (related)
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cover (related)
To record or perform a cover of
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sink (related)
To feel great disappointment or discouragement:
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Engulf Sentence Examples

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

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

  • This emperor had, in the years 717 and 718, hurled back the tide of Arab conquest which threatened to engulf Byzantium, and had also shown himself an able statesman and legislator.

  • Leeches without biting jaws possess a protrusible proboscis, and generally engulf their prey, as does the horse leech when it attacks earthworms. But some of them are also ectoparasites.

  • Throughout this perilous transitional period Sigismund's was the hand which successfully steered the ship of state amidst all the whirlpools that constantly threatened to engulf it.

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