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engulf

(ɪngʌlf)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense engulfs, present participle engulfing, past tense, past participle engulfed
1. verb
If one thing engulfs another, it completely covers or hides it, often in a sudden and unexpected way.
A seven-year-old boy was found dead after a landslide engulfed a block of flats. [VERB noun]
The flat is engulfed in flames. [be VERB-ed]
Synonyms: immerse, bury, flood (out), plunge More Synonyms of engulf
2. verb
If a feeling or emotion engulfs you, you are strongly affected by it.
...the pain that engulfed him. [VERB noun]
He looked around his dark, cluttered office and was engulfed by a feeling of emptiness. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: overwhelm, overcome, crush, absorb More Synonyms of engulf

engulf in British English

or ingulf (ɪnˈɡʌlf)
verb (transitive)
1. 
to immerse, plunge, bury, or swallow up
2. (often passive)
to overwhelm
engulfed by debts
Derived forms
engulfment (enˈgulfment)
noun

engulf in American English

(ɛnˈgʌlf; ɪnˈgʌlf)
verb transitive
1. 
to swallow up; overwhelm
2. 
to plunge, as into a gulf
Word origin
en-1 + gulf

Examples of 'engulf' in a sentence
engulf

But prepare to be feel completely engulfed.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Nor are German businesses being helped by the crisis engulfing the country 's banks.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He blamed the cash crisis now engulfing hospitals on bumper pay rises given to doctors and nurses.
The Sun (2006)
They came for a few sweet hours of respite from the conflict engulfing their country.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The thinner ones are engulfed by it.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
For me, this entailed a completely engulfing sense of vertiginous nihilism.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
That disaster has now engulfed Italy and its neighbours.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It has now been engulfed in nationalism, religion and history.
Redwood, John The Global Marketplace (1993)
Strikes, riots and protests engulfed the country and the price increases were rescinded.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I was completely engulfed in the show.
The Sun (2013)
I think that one day we will understand what are the sources of the crisis that has now engulfed the whole world.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Cuts that are urgently needed to stop our country being engulfed by Europe's financial wildfire.
The Sun (2010)
In its heyday, it was the place to be in summer, but it is now engulfed by sand.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This is a rare book: one that will engulf you, the power of its language bright as flames.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)

In other languages
engulf

British English: engulf VERB
If one thing engulfs another, it completely covers or hides it, often in a sudden and unexpected way.
A seven-year-old boy was found dead after a landslide engulfed a block of flats.
  • American English: engulf
  • Brazilian Portuguese: engolfar
  • Chinese: 吞没
  • European Spanish: sepultar
  • French: engloutir
  • German: verschlingen
  • Italian: travolgere
  • Japanese: 包み込む
  • Korean: 집어삼키다
  • European Portuguese: engolfar
  • Latin American Spanish: sepultar

1 (verb) 
Definition
to immerse, plunge, or swallow up
The flat was engulfed in flames.
Synonyms
immerse
The electrodes are immersed in liquid.
bury
His reaction was to withdraw, to bury himself in work.
flood (out)
plunge
She plunged her face into a bowl of cold water.
consume
drown
The country would be drowned in blood.
swamp
The river burst its banks, swamping a mobile home park.
encompass
submerge
The river burst its banks, submerging an entire village.
overrun
The flower beds were overrun with weeds.
inundate
Their neighbourhood is being inundated by the rising waters.
deluge
The office was deluged with complaints.
envelop
the thick black cloud of smoke that enveloped the area
swallow up
2 (verb) 
Definition
to overwhelm
He was engulfed by a feeling of emptiness.
Synonyms
overwhelm
The small Pacific island could be overwhelmed by rising sea levels.
overcome
the satisfaction of overcoming a rival
crush
The military operation was the first step in a plan to crush the uprising.
absorb
a second career which absorbed her more completely than acting ever had
swamp
engross
There's something about them which engrosses the public.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of absorb
Definition
to engage the interest of someone
a second career which absorbed her more completely than acting ever had
Synonyms
engross,
hold,
involve,
fill,
arrest,
fix,
occupy,
engage,
fascinate,
preoccupy,
engulf,
fill up,
immerse,
rivet,
captivate,
monopolize,
enwrap
in the sense of bury
Definition
to occupy (oneself) with deep concentration
His reaction was to withdraw, to bury himself in work.
Synonyms
engross,
involve,
occupy,
interest,
busy,
engage,
absorb,
preoccupy,
immerse
in the sense of crush
Definition
to control or subdue by force
The military operation was the first step in a plan to crush the uprising.
Synonyms
overcome,
overwhelm,
put down,
subdue,
overpower,
quash,
quell,
extinguish,
stamp out,
vanquish (literary),
conquer

Nearby words of
engulf

  • engross
  • engrossed
  • engrossing
  • engulf
  • enhance
  • enhancement
  • enigma

Synonyms of 'engulf'

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