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 current crisis is not only in Southern California; shelters and rescues across the country are inundated and have to make life and death decisions multiple times every day.
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Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
The cathedral was inundated and extensively damaged by floodwaters from Hurricane Helene in September 2024.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
And in Texas, Kerrville was inundated by a slow-moving storm, causing one-in-1,000-year rains and a flood that killed at least 135 people.
—Austyn Gaffney, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
Reliably unpredictable and obsessively prolific, Young stayed in the news by inundating record store shelves.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
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Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
The cathedral was inundated and extensively damaged by floodwaters from Hurricane Helene in September 2024.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
And in Texas, Kerrville was inundated by a slow-moving storm, causing one-in-1,000-year rains and a flood that killed at least 135 people.
—Austyn Gaffney, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
Reliably unpredictable and obsessively prolific, Young stayed in the news by inundating record store shelves.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inundate
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The comment sections of each video documenting the saga was flooded with people baffled by how the pair ended up in the situation.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Just two days before filming began in the northwest regional province of Santiago Rodriguez, a powerful storm swept through the Dominican Republic, flooding the ground floor of the production office and bringing much of Santo Domingo to a halt.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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Aamir Quereshi imaged the moon moments before it was engulfed in Earth's shadow over Pakistan, with a razor-thin crescent lit by bright sunlight.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Burmese pythons, which can engulf an entire Presidential golfing party simply by unhinging their (the pythons’) jaws, inhabit the environs of the Gulf of Mexico, and have even been seen swimming offshore.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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As the infection overwhelms the body, severe drops in blood pressure further starve vital organs of oxygen.—
Michal Ruprecht,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
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That’s a fast track to overwhelm, a broken budget, and frustration.—
Rodger Dean Duncan,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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After a man drowned off a popular Anna Maria Island beach over the Labor Day weekend, city officials are speeding up plans to ban swimming in the area.—
Ryan Ballogg,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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On Wednesday, as one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims spoke outside the Capitol, pleading for government candor, fighter jets roared overhead, briefly drowning her out.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Inundate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inundate. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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