verb
- to swallow up or overwhelm completely
Usage: archaic or literary variant of ‘engulf’
Examples
- The massive waves threatened to ingulf the small boat.
- Darkness began to ingulf the valley as the sun set.
- The fire seemed ready to ingulf the entire forest.
- She felt sorrow ingulf her heart after hearing the news.
- The quicksand would ingulf anything that stepped into it.
- Fog started to ingulf the mountain peaks.