Engulfed

Synonyms for "engulfed" (68 found)

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More general

8 entries
cognitive statecoveremotional stateoverwhelmphysical statepsychological statespatial relationsurround

More specific

13 entries
anxiousburiedcoveredemotional overwhelmenvelopedfire engulfmentinformation overloadparalyzedsmoke engulfmentstressedsubmergedtime pressurewater engulfment

Collocations

12 entries
complete engulfmentengulfed by flamesengulfed by panicengulfed by smokeengulfed by wavesengulfed in flamesengulfed in griefengulfmentengulfment by flamesengulfment by waterrapid engulfmenttotal engulfment

Inflections

4 entries
engulfingengulfsmore engulfingmost engulfing

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Love is like some fresh spring, that leaves its cresses, its gravel bed and flowers to become first a stream and then a river, changing its aspect and its nature as it flows to plunge itself in some boundless ocean, where restricted natures only find monotony, but where great souls are engulfed in endless contemplation.

Source: tatoeba (857465)

Campers scampered to higher ground when their campsite was engulfed in water.

Source: tatoeba (3137881)

A woman has escaped injury after her car was engulfed in flames.

Source: tatoeba (3287886)

All history shows: idioms of dominant states often lead to the disappearance of the languages of the dominated states. Greek engulfed the Phrygian. Latin killed the Iberian and Gallic. Currently, 25 languages are disappearing every year! Understand one thing: I'm not fighting against English, I fight for diversity. An Armenian proverb wonderfully summarizes my thought: "The more languages you know, the more you are a person."

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