Definitions for engulf

engulf en·gulf

Spelling: [en-guhlf]
IPA: /ɛnˈgʌlf/

Engulf is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 76 anagrams from letters in engulf (efglnu).

Definitions for engulf

verb (used with object)

  1. to swallow up in or as in a gulf; submerge:
  2. to plunge or immerse, as into a gulf:

Origin of engulf

First recorded in 1545-55; en-1 + gulf

Examples for engulf

Was it possible so slight an antagonist could engulf the battle cruiser?

We are in a cavern of fire, and in another moment it will engulf us.

This timing may have been a mercy, given the fate that was about to engulf Yugoslavia.

The scale of devastation is now threatening to engulf the amount of resources deployed to control the situation.

Other schools have been shuttered because of attacks and threats stemming from the war that continues to engulf the country.

Using ethnicity for political ends is a dangerous game that will engulf South Sudan if not contained.

Suddenly, the screen cuts to FLAMES which engulf the word "COWARDS?!?"

Over this body of this hero, rolls the horrible flood that is to engulf France.

Then, like erl-king in the German legends, they broaden out to engulf their opponent.

Father Hennepin tells us that the stout soul of La Salle quailed before the horrible tumult which threatened to engulf him.

Word Value for engulf
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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