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
Your phone might be inundated with texts offering you a job these days.
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Anuz Thapa, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
More than 15 inches of rain deluged Benton, Kentucky -- the most rain on record in a four-day period for the western part of the state -- and over 14 inches of rain inundated Arkansas and Tennessee.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2025
Hundreds of homes and businesses have been inundated, and evacuations have been ordered.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The firm was inundated with such cases, and could litigate only two or three each year.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Anuz Thapa, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
More than 15 inches of rain deluged Benton, Kentucky -- the most rain on record in a four-day period for the western part of the state -- and over 14 inches of rain inundated Arkansas and Tennessee.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2025
Hundreds of homes and businesses have been inundated, and evacuations have been ordered.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The firm was inundated with such cases, and could litigate only two or three each year.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inundate
Verb
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Chinese e-commerce sites arguably took the most advantage of the exemption, flooding the US market with ultra-low-cost products.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025
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Social media was flooded with references to The Handmaid’s Tale.—
Seyward Darby,
Vogue,
3 May 2025
Verb
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An ordinary film engulfed in extraordinary tragedy.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2025
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The contaminated water released toxic gas that briefly engulfed Dunsmuir and made hundreds of people ill.—
Jessica Garrison,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Minnesota overwhelmed the Lakers throughout the series, using its length to take down Los Angeles.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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The supermodel recalled her biological father relinquishing his parental rights to her and her brother in a Los Angeles County courtroom — and the feeling overwhelmed her.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Her 14-year-old brother drowned, according to authorities, and her father is in a coma.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2025
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Except the music playing her off the stage drowns out his name!—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
7 May 2025
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“Inundate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inundate. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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