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View definitions for engulf

engulf

verb as in absorb, overwhelm

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Dan MacNee stands among towering piles of boxes, papers, and creative projects that engulf his Edinburgh home.

From BBC

A second US option would be to pull its support completely, which would mean over time that Russian forces could eventually engulf the entire region and even more of Ukraine beyond it.

From BBC

The scale of this humanitarian crisis could be overwhelming, as extreme hunger threatens to engulf an entire population – nearly half of which are children.

From Salon

Game 3 starter and winner Walker Buehler then came out of the bullpen to throw a one-two-three ninth for the save, spreading his arms out wide after his game-ending strikeout of Alex Verdugo as teammates rushed in from their positions and out of the dugout to engulf the right-hander in one giant human embrace.

Morrison misses his late partner’s gigantic belly laugh that would engulf everything in its orbit.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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