SILTED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

silted

verb

past tense of silt

as in flooded

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The swells flooded parts of the Pacific Coast Highway, forcing the closure of multiple stretches of the road in Huntington Beach.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
The town was flooded when the Nova Kakhovka Dam collapsed in 2023.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of flooded

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The same recognition that filled convention halls also limited the roles he was offered elsewhere.

— Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
Four years ago, crowds filled the central square of this southern port city, draped in Ukrainian flags and hugging the troops who had ended months of Russian occupation.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026

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Staff said they were barely flooded with water, but were inundated with calls; customers and generations of fans checked in to see whether the market was OK.

— Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Baseball fans who watched the World Series over the last week were inundated with ads for prediction markets like Polymarket, Novig and Kalshi.

— David K. Li, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026

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By Wednesday evening, the intersection of the high rise was taped off and nearby streets were glutted with flashing police vehicles as officers with long rifles and dogs streamed into and out of the building.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
The walls are glutted with oil portraits, and antiques sourced from l’Isle-sur-Sorgue are the real thing; staff are dressed in somewhat cumbersome costume (medieval-style bodices and straw boaters) but ever attentive.

— Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026

Definition of glutted

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The crisis capped a week of severe weather in which rain swamped dozens of homes in Utah and tornadoes blew off roofs, knocked trees onto houses and downed power lines in Arizona.

— MEAD GRUVER, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
In June 2023, floodwaters swamped the city after the Kakhovka Dam collapsed in an explosion that an Associated Press investigation found was likely caused by the Russian military.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

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