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inuncted |
inunction |
inunctuosity |
inundant |
inundate
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| inundation
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inundate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb inundate has 2 senses
- inundate(v = verb.contact) deluge, flood, swamp - fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind" is one way to fill, fill up, make full
- inundate(v = verb.change) deluge, submerge - fill or cover completely, usually with water; Array is one way to flood
Derived forms noun inundation1, noun inundation2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Derived form noun inundation1
Sample sentence:
The swollen rivers inundate the area with water
CIDE DICTIONARY
inundate, v. t. [L. inundatus, p. p. of inundare to inundate; pref. in- in + undare to rise in waves, to overflow, fr. unda a wave. See Undulate.].
- To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town. [1913 Webster]
- To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit.
Syn. -- To overflow; deluge; flood; overwhelm; submerge; drown.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
inundate, v.tr. (often foll. by with)
1 flood.
2 overwhelm (inundated with enquiries).
1 flood.
2 overwhelm (inundated with enquiries).
Derivative
inundation n.
Etymology
L inundare flow (as IN-(2), unda wave)
THESAURUS
inundate
afflict, aggrieve, anguish, baptize, be prodigal with, board, break down, bring to tears, bury, cascade, cataract, crush, cut up, deluge, desolate, dip, douse, draw tears, drown, duck, dunk, embitter, engulf, escalade, float, flood, flood the market, flow on, foray, grieve, hit and run, immerge, immerse, inroad, invade, make a raid, make an inroad, merge, oppress, overbrim, overdose, overequip, overflow, overfurnish, overlavish, overprovender, overprovide, overprovision, override, overrun, oversell, overstock, oversupply, overwhelm, plunge in water, pour on, pour out, pour over, prostrate, raid, rain, ride down, ride over, ride roughshod over, run down, run over, scale, scale the walls, sink, slop, slosh, sluice, sorrow, souse, spill, spill out, spill over, storm, submerge, submerse, swamp, sweep, take by storm, torment, trample, trample on, trample underfoot, trample upon, tread upon, whelmROGET THESAURUS
inundate
Redundancy
VB superabound, overabound, know no bounds, swarm, meet one at every turn, creep with, crawl with, bristle with, overflow, run over, flow over, well over, brim over, run riot, overrun, overstock, overlay, overcharge, overdose, overfeed, overburden, overload, overdo, overwhelm, overshoot the mark, surcharge, supersaturate, gorge, glut, load, drench, whelm, inundate, deluge, flood, drug, drug the market, hepatize, choke, cloy, accloy, suffocate, pile up, lay on thick, impregnate with, lavish, send coals to Newcastle, carry coals to Newcastle, carry owls to Athens, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, pisces natare docere, kill the slain, gild refined gold, gild the lily, butter one's bread on both sides, put butter upon bacon, employ a steam engine to crack a nut, exaggerate, wallow in roll in, remain on one's hands, hang heavy on hand, go a begging.Water
VB be watery, reek, add water, water, wet, moisten, dilute, dip, immerse, merge, immerge, submerge, plunge, souse, duck, drown, soak, steep, macerate, pickle, wash, sprinkle, lave, bathe, affuse, splash, swash, douse, drench, dabble, slop, slobber, irrigate, inundate, deluge, syringe, inject, gargle.River
VB flow, run, meander, gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue, drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle, trill, trickle, distill, percolate, stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash, guggle, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate, ooze, flow out, rain hard, rain in torrents, rain cats and dogs, rain pitchforks, pour with rain, drizzle, spit, set in, mizzle, flow into, fall into, open into, drain into, discharge itself, disembogue, pour, pour out, shower down, irrigate, drench, spill, splash, stanch, dam, up, obstruct.
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