DELUGING Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

deluging

verb

present participle of deluge

as in flooding

to cover with a flood deluged with requests for help

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Recent Examples of deluging The water main break also flooded streets in the area, deluging parked cars. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 17 July 2026 Civil servants in the town of Fujikawaguchiko erected a black wall to try to stop tourists from deluging the town to take photos in front of a backdrop of Mount Fuji. — Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

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This work should not be about flooding the internet with AI slop.

— Evan Nierman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
One rumor had terrorists flooding the island of Manhattan, leaving no exit.

— Bob Kustra, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of flooding

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Yvette opens the door to Pizza City’s lone toilet, engulfing them in a bouquet of Pine-Sol and damp cinderblock and the earthier smell of the small weedy lot where the bathroom’s rear wall ought to be.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Footage from that border area captured Wednesday showed a furious wave of material engulfing a multistory border facility known as the Gyirong Port Immigration Office.

— Diaa Hadid, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026

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