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
Your phone might be inundated with texts offering you a job these days.
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Anuz Thapa, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
More than 15 inches of rain deluged Benton, Kentucky -- the most rain on record in a four-day period for the western part of the state -- and over 14 inches of rain inundated Arkansas and Tennessee.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2025
Hundreds of homes and businesses have been inundated, and evacuations have been ordered.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The firm was inundated with such cases, and could litigate only two or three each year.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Anuz Thapa, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
More than 15 inches of rain deluged Benton, Kentucky -- the most rain on record in a four-day period for the western part of the state -- and over 14 inches of rain inundated Arkansas and Tennessee.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2025
Hundreds of homes and businesses have been inundated, and evacuations have been ordered.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The firm was inundated with such cases, and could litigate only two or three each year.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inundate
Verb
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Christians and Muslims flooded social media with tributes, remembering his vocal condemnation of violence and consistent empathy for Gaza's civilians.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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When so many seats flood the market like that, airlines often respond by dropping prices to undercut the competition.—
Nerdwallet,
Hartford Courant,
18 Apr. 2025
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So, this was the crisis that engulfed Virginia at the end of April in 1775.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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Police officers and firefighters arrived to find the building fully engulfed in flames.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Minnesota overwhelmed the Lakers throughout the series, using its length to take down Los Angeles.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Too many false positives can overwhelm security teams, while false negatives can lead to undetected breaches.—
Melkon Hovhannisyan,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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His playbook involves drowning rivals in legal fees.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Apr. 2025
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Twin brothers died in a drowning incident while fishing in a Mississippi lake last week, officials said.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Inundate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inundate. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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