Verb: engulf en'gúlf
- Flow over, cover, surround or overtake completely
"waves engulfd the small boat"; "The crowd engulfd the celebrity"; "The scandal engulfd the administration";";
- ingulf [archaic]
- Become filled with uncontrollable emotion or too much sensory input
"Fear engulfed him";
- overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, overcome, overtake, ingulf [archaic]
Derived forms: engulfed, engulfing, engulfs
Type of: arouse, elicit, enclose, enfold, enkindle [literary], envelop, enwrap, evoke, kindle, provoke, raise, wrap