engulf

engulf englannista suomeksi

1. peittää, vallata, nielaista

2. hautautua

0. Verbi

1. vallata

2. peittää; y nielaista

engulf englanniksi

1. To overwhelm.

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2. 2013 June 18, Romero|Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," ''New York Times'' (retrieved 21 June 2013):

Shaken by the biggest challenge to their authority in years, Brazil’s leaders made conciliatory gestures on Tuesday to try to defuse the protests engulfing the nation’s cities.

3. 1934, ''The Modern Monthly'', vol 8, page 308:

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4. To surround; to cover; to submerge.

5. To cast into a gulf.