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What does engulf mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To overwhelm.
  2. (transitive) To surround; to cover.
  3. (transitive) To cast into a gulf.
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My mind was sending too many thoughts, too many flashes and words, too much for me to take in, fatigue threatening to engulf me.
I dove under and let the heat engulf me and sooth my muscles that still ached from the lack of sleep and heavy lifting I had done yesterday.
He's certainly going to try, despite the escalating violence that threatens to engulf him.
She would not allow herself to wallow in the misery that had been threatening to engulf her since his death.
Now, to the leak investigation that threatens to engulf a very big fish at the White House.
The most common type of granulocyte, the neutrophils, move to infected parts of the body to engulf and consume invading bacteria.

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