Definition of "engulfing" []

• Present participle of engulf. (verb)

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• "Ah, for something to steady him, to keep that black flood from again engulfing him!"
• "We all surged out upon the platform, and I watched the embarkation – the endless train engulfing its hundreds of men."
• ""The idea is that the immunoglobulin E system (which is widespread among mammals) and its associated allergy symptoms serve a common prophylactic function," Sherman said, "namely engulfing in mucous and rapidly expelling pathogens, natural venoms and toxins and other potentially carcinogen-carrying antigens before they can trigger neoplasia [the abnormal proliferation of cells].""