However, just as their faith in the Maginot Line failed them in 1940, once again the enemies of free, independent states are coming in around the side and engulfing all.

Sin embargo, igual que fracasó su fe en la Línea Manigot en 1940, una vez más los enemigos de los países libres e independientes llegan por todas partes y se lo tragan todo.

to engulf(also: to absorb, engross)

absorber [absorbiendo · absorbido; absorto] {v.t.}

Jakarta seems to want to wipe this small, courageous Catholic people off the map for resisting being engulfed by an Indonesia of 150 million Muslims.

Yakarta parece querer borrar del mapa a este reducido pueblo católico, valiente, que se resiste a ser absorbido por una Indonesia de 150 millones de musulmanes.

to engulf

sepultar [sepultando · sepultado; sepulto] {v.t.}

to engulf(also: to cocoon, to swaddle, to bind up, to envelop)

envolver [envolviendo · envuelto] {v.t.}

In it a military unit is engulfed in fog, everyone is stumbling around and a soldier is heard calling for his captain.

En ella, una unidad militar está envuelta en la niebla, todo el mundo va dando tumbos y se oye a un soldado llamar a su capitán.

We all know of the tragic civil war that engulfed Lebanon between 1975 and 1990. We all know that the Taif Accord, designed to bring about peace in that region, is in place.

Todos conocemos la trágica guerra civil que envolvió a este país entre 1975 y 1990, y sabemos que el Acuerdo de Taif, concebido para llevar la paz a esta región, sigue vigente.

We will have to work, steadily and relentlessly, to remove that permanent suspicion of fraud which, unfortunately, engulfs the activities of the Community institutions.

Deberemos trabajar, sin prisa y sin pausa, para quitar de nuestro horizonte esa permanente sospecha de fraude que, desgraciadamente, envuelve la actuación de las instituciones comunitarias.

to engulf(also: to ram raid, to hold up, to blag, to jump)

asaltar [asaltando · asaltado] {vb}

CONTEXT EXAMPLES

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We are witnessing a radical escalation of the Sudanese conflict, which threatens to engulf the entire Horn of Africa.

Nos encontramos ante un salto de calidad en el conflicto sudanés que corre el riesgo de afectar toda la región del Cuerno de África.

Commissioner, I implore the European Union to do everything possible to help the region recover from this stagnant state which is also threatening to engulf Poland and the Baltic States.

Comisario, imploro a la Unión Europea que haga todo lo posible por ayudar a la región a recuperarse de esta situación sangrante, que también amenaza a Polonia y los Estados Bálticos.

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