INUNDATE

inundate, deluge, submerge

(verb) fill or cover completely, usually with water

deluge, flood, inundate, swamp

(verb) fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; “the basement was inundated after the storm”; “The images flooded his mind”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

inundate (third-person singular simple present inundates, present participle inundating, simple past and past participle inundated)

To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.

To overwhelm.

Synonyms

• (to cover with water): deluge, flood, beflood

• (to overwhelm): deluge, flood, beflood

Anagrams

• antidune

Source: Wiktionary


In*un"date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inundated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inundating.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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