engulf

About 0.47 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To overwhelm.

   Depression engulfed her after her daughter's death.

2. verb To surround; to cover; to submerge.

   Only Noah and his family survived when the Flood engulfed the world.

3. verb To cast into a gulf.

Similar words

immerse plunge absorb steep engross encompass push burning ignite cover

Often followed by

the him them and her us it me all a

Word family

engulfed engulfing engulfment engulfments engulfs