What word would best fill the blank part of these sentences? (pretty long question.)
words: overflow, influx, engross, consume, devour, torrent.
sentences:
1."the video games __ his attention and keep him from doing important things."
2."an anthill could __ him so he would watch with total focus for hours."
3."this popcorn is for us to share, so don't be greedy and __ it all before we each have some."
4."when you cook soup in that small pot, it could boil over, so watch out for "
5."the small boat seemed to sink under the __ of water splashing down on it."
"the new jobs in our city led to an __ of families, who moved from other places to work here."
if anyone can me with this, it would be great. i'm new to as well, so sorry if this question seems weird at all.