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engulf
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Engulf
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en·gulf
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ɛnˈgʌlf
/
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en-
guhlf
]
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verb (used with object)
1.
to swallow up in or as in a
gulf
; submerge:
The overflowing river has engulfed many small towns along its banks.
2.
to plunge or immerse, as into a
gulf
:
He engulfed himself in his studies.
Also,
ingulf
.
Origin:
1545–55;
en-
1
+
gulf
Related forms
en·gulf·ment,
noun
Synonyms
1.
envelop, bury, inundate, deluge, swamp.
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engulf
or
ingulf
(ɪnˈɡʌlf)
—
vb
1.
to immerse, plunge, bury, or swallow up
2.
(
often passive
) to overwhelm:
engulfed by debts
ingulf
or
ingulf
—
vb
en'gulfment
or
ingulf
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
engulf
1550s, from en- "make, put in" +
gulf
. Related: Engulfed; engulfing.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
As our canoes float into the rocky shoal, the lilies seem to
engulf
us, the
giant pale flowers reaching to our chins.
The changes that are about to
engulf
the wireless industry are as
technologically disruptive as was the first mobile phone itself.
As they advance across the forest floor they
engulf
everything in their path.
Legal parameters
engulf
all medical examiner jurisdictions.
But if a crisis does
engulf
the world, that may be a leap some are willing to make.
Bows, arrows, swords and slingshots threaten to
engulf
them.
From those calculations, the scientists also figured out how much water whales of different sizes could
engulf
.
Proliferating bacteria will have begun to
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