Meaning of ENGULFED
| Pronunciation: | | eng'ulft
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- [adj] completely enclosed or swallowed up; "a house engulfed in flames"; "the fog-enveloped cliffs"; "a view swallowed by night"
- [adj] rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; "a desk flooded with applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by work"
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| | Synonyms: | | enclosed, enveloped, flooded, inundated, overcome, overpowered, overwhelmed, powerless, swallowed, swamped, weak |
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| | Definition: | | Engulfed
When, in 1966, the Gulf & Western corporation purchased Paramount Pictures, it signaled the end of an era for Hollywood. The relative independence enjoyed by film studios began to be eroded by corporate culture, which pandered to the widest possible appeal in the hopes of extending its bottom line. This study looks at the creation of Paramount in 1912, charting its growth and successes, exploring the factors that lead to the company`s sale, and examining the ways that doing business has changed in Hollywood since the sale. more details ... |
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| | Related Terms: | | afloat, at flood, awash, bathed, buried, deluged, dipped, drenched, dribbling, dripping, dripping wet, drowned, flooded, immersed, in spate, inflood, inundated, macerated, oozing, overflowed, overwhelmed, permeated, saturated, seeping, soaked, soaking, soaking wet, soaky, sodden, soggy, sopping, sopping wet, soppy, soused, steeped, subaqueous, submarine, submerged, submersed, sunken, swamped, swept, undersea, underwater, washed, waterlogged, watersoaked, water-washed, weeping, weltering, whelmed, wringing wet |
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