as in to flood
to cover with a flood
water from the overflowing bathtub inundated the bathroom floor
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Recent Examples of inundate
But these common phenomena pale in comparison to a monstrous event that inundated the planet with particles from the Sun around 14,300 years ago, identified as the strongest solar storm ever recorded in a recent study.
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2025
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
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inundate
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At a time when the demagogue Father Coughlin was flooding the radio with antisemitic hate speech, Berg offered counterprogramming.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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By Sunday, the National Guard had arrived in the city, and images of heavily armed officers confronting peaceful demonstrators, including journalists and musicians, began flooding social media.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
9 June 2025
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Fire engulfed several boats around a dock early Friday in the condo canyon of Sunny Isles Beach.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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Smoke from Canadian wildfires is engulfing much of the eastern and central United States and will last through the week.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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For example, colorful hardware in a small kitchen with a lot of cabinets can overwhelm the space with visual clutter rather than color.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2025
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Almost immediately, the new facility was overwhelmed: Between the year of its founding and 1887, 44 percent of the women admitted into San Clemente were pellagrous.—
Asia London Palomba,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 June 2025
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In the film, Charles survives a plane crash, nearly drowns and is finally eaten by a shark.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
1 June 2025
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That’s no small feat in a world drowning in content.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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“Inundate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inundate. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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