Meaning & use
Englobe
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To enclose in or as if in a globe or sphere; to surround completely.
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The novel imagines a force field that could englobe an entire city for protection.
Fog seemed to englobe the ship, cutting it off from the rest of the world.
A note on using this word
Englobe is a rare word, most often encountered in older or science-fiction writing, where a ship or city is 'englobed' by a protective barrier.
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