engulf
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deluge, drown, flood, gulf, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, submerse, swamp
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For three weeks, swaths of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil have been engulfed in flames—2.5 million acres to be exact. — Emily Atkin, The New Republic, "It’s Not Enough to Stop Amazon Deforestation," 29 Aug. 2019 It has been engulfed in flames for a record number of weeks. — Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com, "U.S. Company Sends Supertanker to Fight 'Unfathomable' Amazon Rainforest Fires," 26 Aug. 2019 The apartments to the north of the school were engulfed. — Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com, "Paradise High returns to the football field, providing a devastated town with hope," 22 Aug. 2019 Seeking to reverse the multitude of crises that have engulfed Washington’s mental-health system, Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday released a plan that would radically reshape the care of patients. — Joseph O’sullivan, The Seattle Times, "Inslee unveils $675 million plan to reverse crisis in Washington’s mental-health system," 12 Dec. 2018 Firefighters doused flames that had fully engulfed a motor home on Sea World Drive and and East Mission Bay Drive on Thursday morning. — Gary Warth, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Motor home burns on Sea World Drive," 8 Mar. 2018 Firefighters found the bodies of McBride, Ronald Guess, 61, and Gwinn Green, 53, after extinguishing a fire that had fully engulfed a house in the 800 block of Troup Avenue early Dec. 12. — Robert A. Cronkleton, kansascity, "Last of three victims found in suspicious Kansas City, Kan., house fire identified," 24 Jan. 2018 An arriving officer located the silver Porsche, which was engulfed in flames. — John Benson, cleveland.com, "Porsche fire melts condo garage siding: Brecksville Police Blotter," 14 Aug. 2019 On the fourth descent practicing takeoffs and landings, the plane landed a little less than 1,000 feet from the runway, clipping trees and rolling along a field until a collision with a tree stump engulfed it in flames. — Steve Borelli, USA TODAY, "Forty years later, Thurman Munson's legacy remains story," 1 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'engulf.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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