engulfing

Verb

engulf (third-person singular simple present engulfs, present participle engulfing, simple past and past participle engulfed)

1. (transitive) To overwhelm.
   • Depression engulfed her after her daughter's death.
2. (transitive) To surround; to cover; to submerge.
   • Only Noah and his family survived when the Flood engulfed the world.

   Synonyms:

   swallow

3. (transitive) To cast into a gulf.