engulfed; engulfing; engulfs
1
: to flow over and enclose : overwhelm
the mounting seas threatened to engulf the island
2
: to take in (food) by or as if by flowing over and enclosing
Examples of engulf in a Sentence
The valley was engulfed in a thick fog.
high waves from the hurricane engulfed large areas of the coastal community
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Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
Videos of the incident show the vehicle badly damaged and engulfed in flames.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Yet Mottola, 77, has largely escaped the kind of scrutiny around his relationship with Epstein that has engulfed others.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
Witnesses described several explosions while images of the collision showed vehicles engulfed in flames.
—ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
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“Engulf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/engulf. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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