engulf

Object

• bacterium: Amazingly, these cause the intestinal cell to change shape, and to actually engulf the bacteria.
• particle: They can absorb nutrients across their surface, or even engulf whole particles.
• earth: We have the earth engulfed in darkness which in touching the surface of the earth touches the surface of water.
• everything: It engulfs everything about our life, emotions certainly come into play.
• nation: Published: 02 December 2000 The capital of Mozambique is struggling to surface from the floods that engulfed the nation.

Subject

• wave: Woe to the Communist Party which finds itself to a greater or lesser extent engulfed by the pacifist wave!
• flame: The building next to the bull was completely ablaze, with the roof totally engulfed by flames.

Modifying Another Word

• suddenly: A ghostly silence suddenly engulfed, like the eye of a horrific storm.
• quickly: She slid down, quickly engulfed by the depths of the river.
• totally: The truck was totally engulfed in flames along with all the donated medical supplies from the Arab Emirates.
• soon: The pieces of crust thrown upon the surface were soon engulfed by a variety of handsome sized creatures to excite my young pulse.
• almost: Alongside the village cricket field and almost engulfed in gardens.
• now: Man at sea is an insect on a splinter, now engulfed, now scared to death.

Preposition: by

wave: Woe to the Communist Party which finds itself to a greater or lesser extent engulfed by the pacifist wave!

Preposition: in

• flame: Both cars were engulfed in flames, killing all three people.
• smoke: How is it possible then that a much smaller building was already engulfed in smoke?
• fire: The sky lit up as the giants were engulfed in fire.
• war: On December 7th, Japan bombed the American base at Pearl Harbor and the Far East was engulfed in war.
• water: I felt my weakened frame crash down on the slimy stone floor, engulfed in the foul water around me.