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"engulfs" has 2 syllables: eng-ulfs.
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“Desperation engulfed her after her daughter's death.”
“Only Noah and his family survived when the Flood engulfed the world.”
"Engulfs" has 2 syllables: eng · ulfs.
Engulfs: To overwhelm.
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