Definition of "engulfed" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of engulf. (verb)

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• "Come back tomorrow when we'll have the women's 200m final which was postponed today as chaos once again engulfed the games as Cyprus's Eleni Artymata appeals against her disqualification."
• "The fire engulfed a karaoke bar situated on the third floor of a commercial building in the city, Indonesia's third largest."
• "He said at times a racial incident would be exaggerated and people would say South Africa was still "engulfed" in racism."