engulfments
Complete overwhelming consumptions
Engulfments are instances of being swallowed up or overwhelmed.
The word appears in contexts ranging from physical phenomena—engulfments of land by rising seas—to emotional experiences: the engulfments of grief that followed her death.
In cellular biology, engulfment describes how cells surround and absorb particles or other cells.
Severe widespread destruction
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
- submersionBeing entirely underwater
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- swallowingIngesting via throat muscles
consumption · obliteration · annihilation · flooding · deluge · tsunami · wildfire · avalanche
Ingesting via throat muscles
- ingestionConsuming into the body
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- envelopmentAct of surrounding completely
- surroundingEnclosing on all sides
encirclement · enclosure · wrapping · shrouding · covering · blanketing · immersion · submersion
Using up entirely
- all-consumingDemanding total attention
- overpoweringToo intense to withstand
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
- wavesTraveling energy disturbances
drowning · immersion · surrender · absorption · obsession · passion · grief · despair
devastation
Severe widespread destruction
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
- submersionBeing entirely underwater
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
swallowing · consumption · obliteration · annihilation · flooding · deluge · tsunami · wildfire · avalanche · mudslide
swallowing
Ingesting via throat muscles
- ingestionConsuming into the body
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- envelopmentAct of surrounding completely
surrounding · encirclement · enclosure · wrapping · shrouding · covering · blanketing · immersion · submersion · intake
consuming
Using up entirely
- all-consumingDemanding total attention
- overpoweringToo intense to withstand
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
waves · drowning · immersion · surrender · absorption · obsession · passion · grief · despair · anxiety
subduction
Plate descending beneath another
sinkhole · quicksand · landslide · erosion · tectonic · fissure · crater · subsidence · collapse · swallowing
engulfmentsexposures
Instances of being revealed
uncoverings · revelations · baring · unveilings · grazings
engulfmentsreleases
Lets go or publishes
expulsions · ejections · discharges · emissions · liberations
engulfmentspreservations
Acts of keeping safe
protections · salvations · rescues · repulsions · deflections