Synonyms of inundating

inundating

verb

present participle of inundate

as in flooding

to cover with a flood

water from the overflowing bathtub inundated the bathroom floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flooding
• engulfing
• overwhelming
• drowning
• submerging
• deluging
• swamping
• overflowing
• flushing
• overcoming
• gulfing
• submersing
• flowing
• smothering
• overrunning
• avalanching
• gushing
• sluicing
• wetting
• pouring
• drenching
• spurting
• streaming
• spouting
• soaking
• dousing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• draining
• drying
• dehydrating
• parching

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inundating

Areas such as the city of Seal Beach already saw flooding on Saturday, with water inundating parking lots, video showed. — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

According to officials, catastrophic flooding in January 1997 devastated the species, inundating Caswell Memorial State Park and roughly 70 square miles between Manteca and Tracy. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026

Lettuce is causing explosive diarrhea, wildfire smoke is inundating city skies and parts of the country are scorching under brutal hot temperatures. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 17 July 2026

Nanos had told media outlets that complaints from neighbors had tripled and were inundating the department. — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 9 July 2026

Social media video showed snakes poking their heads above the muddy water inundating the village. — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Artificial intelligence is rapidly inundating health care, from systems that transcribe doctor-patient conversations to algorithms trained to spot anomalies in chest X-rays. — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026

Video taken from Vestavia Hills, a community in central Alabama, showed brown floodwater inundating local streets amid the roar of rain. — Denise Chow, NBC news, 20 June 2026

The high tides are were responsible for inundating areas that high tides don’t normally reach with ocean water 1¾ feet deep, according to the weather service. — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 19 June 2026