Antonyms for engulfed
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : en-guhlf |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈgʌlf |
Definition of engulfed
Origin :- 1550s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + gulf. Related: Engulfed; engulfing.
- verb absorb, overwhelm
- And then, it was gone entirely, engulfed by the obliterating darkness.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- It was Sunday morning, and the holy stillness of the day engulfed our world.
- Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
- We were expecting every second to be engulfed with the house.
- Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola
- They were interrupted by the sudden quiet that engulfed the room.
- Extract from : « We're Friends, Now » by Henry Hasse
- He was all Indian now; the streak of smoky white man was engulfed.
- Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
- Ramon Hamilton had disappeared as if the earth had opened and engulfed him.
- Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
- It had been but an hour since they watched the first onslaught of this life that engulfed them.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
- The remorseful past and the pain-filled present engulfed him.
- Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock
- The economic interests of the class may be engulfed in the solidarity of the race.
- Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
- The stinging flakes blinded him; the coal-black night engulfed him.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
Synonyms for engulfed
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