as in engulfs
to cover with a flood
water from the overflowing bathtub inundated the bathroom floor
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Recent Examples of inundates
As Polymarket inundates millions of timelines with newsy statements, the efficacy of each announcement can be hard to parse.
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Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 5 Mar. 2026
As rain inundates rivers and lakes already filled to the brim, flash flooding is possible in areas around the coast, including in Los Angeles.
—Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 6 Jan. 2026
As rain inundates rivers and lakes already filled to the brim, flash flooding is possible in areas around the coast, including in Los Angeles.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Residents in a city in Washington state have been told to evacuate as record flooding inundates most of Western Washington on Wednesday.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 5 Mar. 2026
As rain inundates rivers and lakes already filled to the brim, flash flooding is possible in areas around the coast, including in Los Angeles.
—Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 6 Jan. 2026
As rain inundates rivers and lakes already filled to the brim, flash flooding is possible in areas around the coast, including in Los Angeles.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Residents in a city in Washington state have been told to evacuate as record flooding inundates most of Western Washington on Wednesday.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inundates
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Drinking fruit juice such as apple or orange, for example, floods the blood with fructose, a sugar found naturally in fruits and some vegetables.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
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Sunlight floods the interior of the Orion spacecraft a few minutes after its launch from Kennedy Space Center.—
David W. Brown,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Then emotion, suddenly, overwhelms her.—
TIME,
Time,
7 Apr. 2026
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And its power overwhelms that kind of analogy.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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As a beautiful, palpably anxious bride, Camila Morrone’s Rachel, walks down the aisle to her adoring groom, Nicky (Adam DiMarco), the sound of labored breathing nearly drowns out the music.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Mar. 2026
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After 81 nearly drowns during an underwater drill, the regiment leaders (played by Dennis Quaid and Esai Morales) express concern that his PTSD from losing his brother might put him at risk or affect the team.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Mar. 2026
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The final battle In the Upside Down, Eleven submerges herself in the tank and enters the Void with Kali (Linnea Berthelsen) and Max (Sadie Sink) telepathically piggybacking off of her.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Jan. 2026
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Laura escapes her grasp and submerges Cherry, which Daniel witnesses.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Inundates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inundates. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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