engulf
11engulf — verb Engulf is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑fire, ↑flame, ↑scandal …
12engulf — en|gulf [ınˈgʌlf] v [T] 1.) if an unpleasant feeling engulfs you, you feel it very strongly ▪ despair so great it threatened to engulf him 2.) to completely surround or cover something ▪ The building was engulfed in flames …
13engulf — en|gulf [ ın gʌlf ] verb transitive 1. ) to cover or surround something in a way that harms or destroys it: Several workers died in the landslide that engulfed the old factory. be engulfed in something: Within minutes, the car was engulfed in… …
14engulf — engulfment, n. /en gulf /, v.t. 1. to swallow up in or as in a gulf; submerge: The overflowing river has engulfed many small towns along its banks. 2. to plunge or immerse, as into a gulf: He engulfed himself in his studies. Also, ingulf. [1545… …
15engulf — verb a) To overwhelm. Desperation engulfed her after her daugthers death. b) To surround; to cover. Only Noah survived when the Flood engulfed earth …
16engulf — Synonyms and related words: baptize, be prodigal with, bury, cascade, cataract, deluge, devour, dip, douse, drink, drown, duck, dunk, eat, engorge, flood, flood the market, gobble, gulp, gulp down, imbibe, immerge, immerse, ingest, ingurgitate,… …
17engulf — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. swamp, flood, immerse, engorge, swallow up; encircle, envelop, encompass. See destruction, water. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. swallow up, inundate, submerge, overwhelm; see cover 8 , immerse 1 , sink 2 …
18engulf — [[t]ɪngʌ̱lf[/t]] engulfs, engulfing, engulfed 1) VERB If one thing engulfs another, it completely covers or hides it, often in a sudden and unexpected way. [V n] A seven year old boy was found dead after a landslide engulfed a block of flats...… …
19engulf — en·gulf || ɪn gÊŒlf v. consume, swallow up, overwhelm; submerge, immerse …
20engulf — verb 1》 (of a natural force) sweep over so as to completely surround or cover. 2》 powerfully affect (someone); overwhelm. Derivatives engulfment noun …
