engulf
UK /ɪŋˈɡʌlf/ US /ɪŋˈɡʌlf/
verb 3
Definitions
verb
1
To overwhelm.
Depression engulfed her after her daughter's death.
Shaken by the biggest challenge to their authority in years, Brazil’s leaders made conciliatory gestures on Tuesday to try to defuse the protests engulfing the nation’s cities.
2
To surround; to cover; to submerge.
Only Noah and his family survived when the Flood engulfed the world.
3
To cast into a gulf.
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