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inundation

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of inundation

a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms

the family's shed was washed away in the last inundation

Synonyms of inundation

alluvion, bath, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, flood, flood tide, Niagara, overflow, spate, torrent

Words Related to inundation

current, river, stream, tide

cloudburst, discharge, flush, gush, outflow, outpouring

flux, inflow, influx

engulfment, washout

avalanche, blizzard

cascade, waterfall

excess, glut, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

Near Antonyms of inundation

dribble, drip, trickle

Antonyms of inundation

drought (also drouth)

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