engulfed

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”

completely enclosed or swallowed up

• “a house engulfed in flames”
• “the fog-enveloped cliffs”
• “a view swallowed by night”