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engulfed

verb as in absorb, overwhelm

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As the whole road became engulfed in water, the college’s co-director, Daniel Burguet, repeatedly pounded against a door with a chair leg that he’d just picked up.

From BBC

Their prediction was that the blue wave that engulfed California would spread across the country if Republicans dared to campaign on anti-immigrant politics ever again.

A cartel war that has engulfed a major city.

As people around the world watched in video and photographs, Al-Dalou could be seen trying to move while engulfed in flames.

From Salon

But in 2019, extreme rains brought a deluge that engulfed villages, grasslands and forests.

From BBC

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

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