In the summer of 1993, record rains in the Midwest caused the Mississippi River to overflow its banks, break through levees, and inundate the entire countryside; such an inundation hadn't been seen for at least a hundred years. By contrast, the Nile River inundated its entire valley every year, bringing the rich black silt that made the valley one of the most fertile places on earth. (The inundations ceased with the completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1970.) Whenever a critical issue is being debated, the White House and Congressional offices are inundated with phone calls and emails, just as a town may be inundated with complaints when it starts charging a fee for garbage pickup.
Rising rivers could inundate low-lying areas.
water from the overflowing bathtub inundated the bathroom floor
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News and social media feeds inundate us with dramatic scenes of immigration policing.—G. Cristina Mora, Mercury News, 22 May 2025 Tubes 1 and 2 were inundated with salt water during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and Amtrak has said the resulting corrosion of wires has played havoc with signaling and traction power in the tubes over the past decade.—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025 Six months after the Democratic Party’s crushing 2024 defeat, the party’s megadonors are being inundated with overtures to spend tens of millions of dollars to develop an army of left-leaning online influencers.—Theodore Schleifer, New York Times, 20 May 2025 Flooding continues to inundate parts of the East Coast Wednesday, one day after high waters swept away a 12-year-old boy in Virginia, prompted water rescues, and led to school evacuations.—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for inundate
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Etymology
Latin inundatus, past participle of inundare, from in- + unda wave — more at water
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