engulfment

Meanings

• Verb

  The act of swallowing or enveloping something completely.

  - "The ocean engulfed the ship during the storm."
  - "The black hole engulfed the star."
  - "The floodwaters engulfed the village."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with engulfment
absorption , adsorption , consolation , conflagration , consternation , infatuation , substation

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Variants

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engulf , engulfed , engulfing , engulfment , engulfments , engulfs

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Etymology

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From the Old French word 'engulver', meaning 'to roll up in a ball' or 'to swallow'.

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Trivia

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1. Engulfment is a common phenomenon in nature, from the smallest organisms to the largest celestial bodies.

2. The largest known black hole, TON 618, is estimated to have an event horizon 34 billion times larger than Earth.

3. The deepest part of the ocean, the Challenger Deep, is so deep that the pressure there is enough to crush a submarine.

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Related Concepts

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1. Ingestion: The process of taking food or other substances into the body by swallowing.

2. Absorption: The process by which a substance is taken up by another substance and becomes a part of it.

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Culture

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Engulfment has been used extensively in literature and art to depict various themes such as destruction, consumption, and transformation.

How to Memorize "engulfment"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a large wave engulfing a boat or a black hole swallowing a star.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'engulfment' with 'consumption' or 'absorption'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the word 'engulfment' as 'en' (envelop) 'gul' (gulp) 'fment' (formation) - the act of forming a gulp or enveloping something.

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