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
Within two decades of this writing, massive hurricanes and wildfires will be the norm, coastal cities will be inundated and perhaps abandoned, the planet’s sixth great extinction will continue unabated.
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Ed Simon
september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
After sharing his golf sketches on Instagram, Rivard was soon inundated with requests for golf holes.
—Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The more surgical approach allows the department to address crime and its root causes without inundating communities with officers.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2025
Right-wing influencers have relentlessly campaigned for these people to lose their jobs, tagging their employers’ online accounts and inundating their places of work with aggrieved emails and phone calls.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
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Ed Simon
september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
After sharing his golf sketches on Instagram, Rivard was soon inundated with requests for golf holes.
—Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The more surgical approach allows the department to address crime and its root causes without inundating communities with officers.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2025
Right-wing influencers have relentlessly campaigned for these people to lose their jobs, tagging their employers’ online accounts and inundating their places of work with aggrieved emails and phone calls.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inundate
Verb
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Although official critics' reviews are under embargo, many journalists flooded social media with their gushing reactions to the movie.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Bayfront Marina was so flooded that the benches of picnic tables were only just above the rising waters.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 2025
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An opera which seriously addressed that theme would be equal to the crisis that is engulfing the American experiment.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Videos on social media and broadcast by CNN affiliates showed fierce flames engulfing the beachfront property with plumes of smoke rising into the air.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 2025
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Levi’s style hits right at the hips, per one five-foot-two reviewer, and comes with a simple, zip-up design to avoid overwhelming your figure.—
Rylee Johnston,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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With no relatives in attendance, the weight of his tragedy overwhelmed him.—
Seth Carnell,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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People fled to the roof, where the roar of rushing water nearly drowned out the approach of rescue helicopters, Mitchell said.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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The risk of drowning for autistic children is more than 160 times greater than the general child population, according to a 2017 study by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.—
Victoria Moorwood,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Inundate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inundate. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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