About The Word Inundate
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Inundate
Inundate Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Inundate?
[v] fill or cover completely, usually with water
[v] fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind" Synonyms | Synonyms for Inundate: deluge | deluge | flood | submerge | swamp Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 | whelm See Also | fill | fill up | flood | flood in | make full Inundate In Webster's Dictionary \In*un"date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inundated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Inundating}.] [L. inundatus, p. p. of inundare to
inundate; pref. in- in + undare to rise in waves, to
overflow, fr. unda a wave. See {Undulate}.]
1. To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood;
as, the river inundated the town.
2. 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.
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