Did you know?
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.
Examples of inundate in a Sentence
Doyle Rice, USA Today, 1 May 2025
For years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been conducting a feasibility study on whether to go forward with a water storage project that would have the potential to inundate much of the park.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2025
But the Pop Mart website and app crashed because they were inundated with more traffic than the company had prepared for, Pop Mart said in an email.
—Alisha Haridasani Gupta, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Read: Climate models can’t explain what’s happening to Earth
Fire Weather
By John Vaillant
Five Days at Memorial, by Sheri Fink
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, in 2005, the city was first slammed by brutal winds, then inundated by floodwaters as its levees failed.
—Heather Hansman, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inundate
Cite this Entry
“Inundate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inundate. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
inundate
verb
Share