verb [VN] (written)
1 to surround or to cover sb/sth completely:
He was engulfed by a crowd of reporters. * The vehicle was engulfed in flames.
2 to affect sb/sth very strongly:
Fear engulfed her.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for engulf is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does engulf appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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