engulf

Definitions


[ɛnˈɡʌlf], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a natural force) sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely
(e.g: the cafe was engulfed in flames)

- powerfully affect (someone); overwhelm
(e.g: a feeling of anguish so great that it threatened to engulf him)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (formerly also as ingulf): from en-, in- ‘in, on’ + gulf




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