About The Word Inundation
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Inundation
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What's The Definition Of Inundation?
[n] the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"1
[n] an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" Synonyms | Synonyms for Inundation: alluvion | deluge | deluge | flood | flood | torrent Related Terms | Find terms related to Inundation: affusion | alluvion | alluvium | aspergation | aspersion | avalanche | baptism | bath | bathing | bedewing | burial | cataclysm | cataract | dampening | damping | deluge | dewing | dip | dipping | dousing | drowning | duck | ducking | dunking | embarras de richesses | engulfment | enough | exaggeration | excess | extravagance | extravagancy | flood | flooding | hosing | hosing down | humidification | immergence | immersion | irrigation | landslide | laving | lavishness | moistening | money to burn | more than enough | overabundance | overaccumulation | overbounteousness | overcopiousness | overdose | overflow | overflowing | overgrowth | overlavishness | overluxuriance | overmeasure | overmuchness | overnumerousness | overpass | overplentifulness | overplenty | overpopulation | overprofusion | overrun | overrunning | overspreading | oversufficiency | oversupply | plenty | plethora | pour | prodigality | redundancy | rinsing | sinking | souse | sousing | sparging | spate | spattering | spill | spillage | splashing | splattering | spraying | sprinkling | submergence | submersion | superabundance | superflux | superiority | surplus | swashing | the Deluge | the Flood | torrent | washout | watering | wetting | whelming See Also | batch | deal | debacle | flash flood | flashflood | flock | geological phenomenon | good deal | great deal | hatful | heap | lot | mass | mess | mickle | mint | muckle | peck | pile | plenty | pot | quite a little | raft | sight | slew | spate | stack | tidy sum | wad | whole lot | whole slew Inundation In Webster's Dictionary \In`un*da"tion\, n. [L. inundatio: cf. F.
inondation.]
1. The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an
overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over
grounds.
With inundation wide the deluge reigns, Drowns the
deep valleys, and o'erspreads the plains. --Wilkie.
2. An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous
abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of
tourists.
To stop the inundation of her tears. --Shak.
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