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Adjective engulfed has 2 senses
- flooded, inundated, overcome, overpowered, overwhelmed, swamped, engulfed - rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; "a desk flooded with applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by work"
Antonym: powerful (indirect, via powerless)
- engulfed, enveloped, swallowed - completely enclosed or swallowed up; "a house engulfed in flames"; "the fog-enveloped cliffs"; "a view swallowed by night"
Antonym: unenclosed (indirect, via enclosed)
Verb engulf has 2 senses
- steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up - engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his studies"
--1 is one way to concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- engulf - flow over or cover completely; "The bright light engulfed him completely"
--2 is one way to envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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