engulf

[US]/ɪnˈɡʌlf/
[UK]/ɪnˈɡʌlf/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to envelop or swallow up; to consume eagerly or voraciously.

Phrases & Collocations

engulfed in flames

engulfed by water

Example Sentences

the cafe was engulfed in flames.

Europe might be engulfed by war.

The little boat was engulfed by the waves.

The waves engulfed the boat.

a feeling of anguish so great that it threatened to engulf him.

A photographer had fused the lights,engulfing the entire house darkness.

The walls of the sinuses are lined with endocytic cells which engulf any foreign particles that might be present in the lymph.

All the way, darkness engulfs the daytime, wave sinks the boat, trivialism conquers the ardour.

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