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What does engulfment mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of engulfing
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It was like their abandoning him upon the sandspit, to the threatening engulfment of the tide.
Children who did well understood that they were not responsible for their parents and were able to avoid engulfment in their illness.
The central portions of the dome have since been removed by engulfment, or denudation, or by both these causes.
The first effect is instantaneous, then the engulfment becomes more gradual.
The plate shall not become detached from its mount in the event of a 15 minutes' engulfment in fire.
His responses to open-ended questions revealed an overall perception of engulfment by the condition.

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