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
The colleges reported losing more than $11 million to financial aid fraud in 2024 as they were inundated with fake students.
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Edsource, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Records show Washington Medicaid officials have been inundated with questions from CMS about federal payments covering emergency and pregnancy care for immigrants without legal status.
—Angela Hart, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
We’re now inundated with new movie premieres (TIFF, for one, has a staggering 209 features), with Telluride wrapped and Venice heading into its final weekend.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
On September 1st, as the Fall season began, social media became inundated with 'lock-in' videos.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
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Edsource, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Records show Washington Medicaid officials have been inundated with questions from CMS about federal payments covering emergency and pregnancy care for immigrants without legal status.
—Angela Hart, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
We’re now inundated with new movie premieres (TIFF, for one, has a staggering 209 features), with Telluride wrapped and Venice heading into its final weekend.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
On September 1st, as the Fall season began, social media became inundated with 'lock-in' videos.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inundate
Verb
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The Hortmans’ assassination received a flurry of coverage over the strange circumstances under which it was carried out, with pictures of Boelter in his silicone mask initially flooding social media.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The United States is flooded with nearly half a billion guns, and the stockpile does not vanish just because the murder rate dips.—
John J. Donohue,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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But as her due date grew closer, fighting in her neighborhood escalated, engulfing the entire village.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The docuseries initially picked up steam after debuting at SXSW in 2024 and was engulfed by Starz.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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And in moments when a winner did say what was on their mind, the Boys & Girls Club bit overwhelmed them.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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This type of pressure would overwhelm most professionals, yet Nate Bargatze accepted the offer to host the 2025 Emmys.—
Stacey Stratton,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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There’s a risk of the children drowning in the pool or being bitten by spiders; there’s the danger of a brush fire on the nearby hillside; and more.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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That matters because SOCs are drowning in noise and budget strain from log ingestion.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Inundate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inundate. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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