as in to flood
to cover with a flood
high waves from the hurricane engulfed large areas of the coastal community
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Recent Examples of engulf
One person is dead after a fire engulfed a Coronado home Friday afternoon, according to city officials.
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Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
However, in the last month, SDA has been engulfed in crisis: Derek Tournear, the head of the agency, was put on leave a week before Trump's inauguration and marched out of the Pentagon.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Fog and mist engulfed DIA Tuesday afternoon and temperatures hovered around 8 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
—Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2025
The crisis began with the mayor's federal indictment on bribery and fraud charges, followed by a wave of unrelated corruption probes that engulfed the city's leadership.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
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Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
However, in the last month, SDA has been engulfed in crisis: Derek Tournear, the head of the agency, was put on leave a week before Trump's inauguration and marched out of the Pentagon.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Fog and mist engulfed DIA Tuesday afternoon and temperatures hovered around 8 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
—Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2025
The crisis began with the mayor's federal indictment on bribery and fraud charges, followed by a wave of unrelated corruption probes that engulfed the city's leadership.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engulf
Verb
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In recent days, the page has been flooded with stories and comments from foreign service officers detailing how recent events have uprooted their lives.—
Jennifer Lotito,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Hurricanes did flood the region in late summer 2024, but before that, the Carolinas were experiencing a flash drought.—
Lauren Lowman,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2025
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The last time Wisconsin held an election for the state’s Supreme Court, Republicans cried foul over the wave of money from out-of-state Democrats that overwhelmed their candidate.—
Reid J. Epstein,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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China could easily find and destroy big assets, and its much larger military force would overwhelm any of these systems that survive an initial attack, leaving Taiwan without offensive firepower or sufficient defenses.—
Jennifer Kavanagh,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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This blends well with many skin tones, not drowning out paler skin tones as brighter reds might do.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2025
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Ovechkin’s goal did not get much of a big reaction since the Rangers are still in the playoff race and visiting fans do not show up at Madison Square Garden in enough of a group to drown out the home crowd.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Avoid basements or rooms where water has submerged electrical outlets or cords.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
8 Mar. 2025
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Salt-water bathing To create the material, a team of scientists at Australia's Curtin University (CU) submerged ordinary glass in a nontoxic bath of organic compounds known as diazonium salts.—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Engulf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engulf. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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