INUNDATED

awash, afloat(p), flooded, inundated, overflowing

(adjective) covered with water; “the main deck was afloat (or awash)”; “the monsoon left the whole place awash”; “a flooded bathroom”; “inundated farmlands”; “an overflowing tub”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

inundated

flooded

Verb

inundated

simple past tense and past participle of inundate

Source: Wiktionary


INUNDATE

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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