engulfments

plural of engulfment

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engulfments
Noun
  • Our communities face attack after attack—floods and fires fueled by Big Oil, ICE agenda kidnapping our neighbors, congress revoking our healthcare.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Europe experienced its most extensive flooding since 2013, Hurricane Helene brought catastrophic floods to parts of the US, killing at least 230 people, and extensive flooding in West and Central Africa led to around 1,500 deaths.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Although it’s found being generated in many places, from outflows in Herbig-Haro objects to planetary nebulae, one origin story for dust outstrips all others.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond this star, ALMA also detected molecular outflows from four additional protostars, confirming that star formation is widespread even in these remote, chemically primitive regions.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And then there’s last week’s Oracle episode, one of the most eye-popping single-day tech surges of the decade.
    Dan Runkevicius, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Hurricanes, for instance, send storm surges and strong winds inland, causing erosion and other damage.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Now, all these additions have created much more mobile vault hunters between slides, dashes, gliding and double jumps, in addition to whatever mobility moves your character itself may have.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Bringing luggage during an evacuation can slow the process, potentially risking the lives of passengers still on the plane, and bags can damage emergency exit slides.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Flash floods are usually characterized by raging torrents after heavy rains.
    AZCentral.com, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The valley floor hums with cowbells and the distant whir of paragliders circling above alpine meadows—as Trümmelbach’s glacial torrents roar through limestone caverns.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The news of Robert Redford's passing took the world by surprise this week, with countless outpourings of grief and tributes to his career.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The storm also left people trapped in seven vehicles on nearby roads after overflowing creeks caused washouts, deputies said.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The agency expects to hire 8,900 new air traffic controllers by 2028, but because of factors like attrition, retirements and program washouts, this will only result in 1,000 more certified controllers, according to FAA documents.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • What has the city done about the overflows?
    Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This would prevent combined sewer overflows, which is when sewage floods area stormwater lines and deposits into local waterbodies.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Engulfments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engulfments. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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