Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of engulfing, or the state of being engulfed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A swallowing up as if in a gulf.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
engulfing
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Examples
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She is indeed "the indispensable ally" and partner of the American Republic and of all free nations, and need never fear any kind of engulfment because her population is relatively small.
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Over the weeks, Mr. Sobol explores the shrines and ruins and in his account describes the history of the place, the still-unexplained 15th-century collapse of the Khmer Empire and Angkor's eventual engulfment by the jungle.
Finding True North, Chasing Elusive Bigfoot Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011
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For example, most people have two major fears that become activated in relationships: the fear of abandonment -- of losing the other -- and the fear of engulfment -- of losing oneself.
Margaret Paul, Ph.D.: 7 Ways to Improve Your Relationship Ph.D. Margaret Paul 2012
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For example, most people have two major fears that become activated in relationships: the fear of abandonment -- of losing the other -- and the fear of engulfment -- of losing oneself.
Margaret Paul, Ph.D.: 7 Ways to Improve Your Relationship Ph.D. Margaret Paul 2012
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For example, most people have two major fears that become activated in relationships: the fear of abandonment -- of losing the other -- and the fear of engulfment -- of losing oneself.
Margaret Paul, Ph.D.: 7 Ways to Improve Your Relationship Ph.D. Margaret Paul 2012
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For example, most people have two major fears that become activated in relationships: the fear of abandonment -- of losing the other -- and the fear of engulfment -- of losing oneself.
Margaret Paul, Ph.D.: 7 Ways to Improve Your Relationship Ph.D. Margaret Paul 2012
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Raising healthy children means first healing the wounded self within you - the part of you that is run by your fears and insecurities, and your desire to protect against rejection and engulfment.
Margaret Paul, Ph.D.: Authoritarian Parenting, Permissive Parenting or Loving Parenting Ph.D. Margaret Paul 2011
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Now, I know Bowen would say we were each just short on “self” and therefore feared the engulfment of drawing too close.
THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES CLUB LAURIE ABRAHAM 2010
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The rivers were currented with dust which flooded across the land when the wind bade it reenact an old tale of engulfment.
“Death-Wish,” a 1950 short story written by Ray Bradbury Paul 2010
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"I had thought" — intervenes to break her engulfment in terror and get the story going.
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