Engulfing

Water is engulfing that island little by little every year.

Then first with eager joy / "O Goddess-born," the bold Achates cries, / "how now? What purpose doth thy mind devise? / Lo! all are safe – ships, comrades brought again; / one only fails us, who before our eyes / sank in the midst of the engulfing main. / All else confirms the tale thy mother told thee plain."

Engulfing the entire burger in one bite was no small challenge.

The entire region is devolving into a war that's engulfing more and more nations.

The flames are engulfing the trees.