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[ verb ] engross (oneself) fully

Examples

"He immersed himself into his studies"

Used in print

(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)

As the play unfolds , however , the audience is subtly brought into the grip of an awful evil which grows with ominously gathering power and soon engulfs the community .

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[ verb ] flow over or cover completely

Examples

"The bright light engulfed him completely"

Used in print

(T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)

They were engulfed by the weird silence , broken only by the low , angry murmur of the river .

Related terms

envelop

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