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inundate Definition


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inundate
verb inundated, inundating
    1. To overwhelm with water.
    2. To swamp.
      Example: was inundated with applications for the job
      Thesaurus: deluge, bombard, glut, overwhelm, flood, fill, swamp, immerse, submerge, bury.
Derivative: inundation
    A flood.
      Thesaurus: deluge, overflow, torrent, tidal wave; Antonym: trickle.
    An act of inundating.
Etymology: 17c: from Latin inundare, inundatum to flow over.



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