Definition of "engulfs" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engulf. (verb)

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• "The result is a crisis of confidence that engulfs them and saps their motivation and energy to continue to fight against an adversary that seems too big and too strong."
• "The Inquirer cited Edison High School, one of the city's 19 "persistently dangerous schools," where a cellphone camera documented the "explosive violence that all too often engulfs Philadelphia public schools, traumatizing students and teachers and stifling learning.""
• "Galifianakis 'piercing eyes, from the mass of hair that engulfs his head in Ewok-like splendor, read life like a laser, and ache at his sadness, or surrender to its immensity."