engulfing
Totally consuming something
Engulfing describes something that completely surrounds, swallows, or overwhelms.
Flames engulf a building; grief engulfs a person.
The word suggests total consumption—whatever engulfs doesn't merely touch or affect but wholly envelops: The darkness was engulfing, an engulfing sense of dread.
In financial charts, an engulfing pattern is a candlestick formation where one bar completely contains the previous one.
Overwhelm with excess
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- drownDie by submersion
submerge · overpower · consume · devour · overwhelm · overtake · overcome · overrun
Take in fully
- devourEat greedily and fast
- assimilateAbsorb and incorporate fully
- incorporateAbsorb into something larger
- subsumeAbsorb into broader category
swallow · ingest · engross · immerse · captivate · mesmerize · enthrall · grip
Enclose on every side
- encaseSurround on all sides
- encloseShut in on all sides
- enfoldWrap something completely
- shroudBurial cloth or covering
cloak · wrap · swathe · cocoon · blanket · cover · veil · enwrap
Visible burning combustion
- blazeIntense burning fire
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
firestorm · combustion · incinerate · char · scorch · sear · ignite · kindle
inundate
Overwhelm with excess
drown · submerge · overpower · consume · devour · overwhelm · overtake · overcome · overrun · saturate
consume
Take in fully
- devourEat greedily and fast
- assimilateAbsorb and incorporate fully
- incorporateAbsorb into something larger
subsume · swallow · ingest · engross · immerse · captivate · mesmerize · enthrall · grip · transfix
surround
Enclose on every side
shroud · cloak · wrap · swathe · cocoon · blanket · cover · veil · enwrap · encircle
flames
Visible burning combustion
- blazeIntense burning fire
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
wildfire · firestorm · combustion · incinerate · char · scorch · sear · ignite · kindle · burn
- overwhelmingoverwhelming, overpowering, crushing, smothering, suffocating
- overwhelming verbsflooding, drowning, crushing, smothering, swamping
- Too Muchoverflowing, spilling, flooding, stuffing, cramming
- feeding behaviorsfilter feeding, grazing, browsing, foraging, scavenging
- chart patternscandlestick, double bottom, head and shoulders, triangle, wedge
- cell movementreticulopodia
engulfingexpelling
Forcing someone out
ejecting · disgorging · releasing · retreating · receding
engulfingdrying
Moisture removal process
desiccating · dehydrating · parching · draining · evaporating