Engulf
Engulf verb - To cover with a flood.
Usage example: high waves from the hurricane engulfed large areas of the coastal community
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Synonyms for Engulf
Flow and engulf are semantically related in inundate topic. In some cases you can use "Flow" instead a verb "Engulf".
Nearby Word: engulfing
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| head | engulf head | flow head |
Both words in one sentence
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Convection Shmonvection: In "Silent Night, Awesome Night", the Awesomisers stand right next to a flow of lava with no ill effects (Noam even proclaims it to be the safest place to be when the lava threatens to engulf Glickersville).
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Flow and Engulf. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/engulf/flow
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