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silting

verb

present participle of silt
as in flooding

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  1. flooding
  2. filling
  3. inundating
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  • Kansas City will start the week warm and dry before the remnants of Hurricane Polo bring rounds of rain and thunderstorms midweek, with heavy rainfall and flooding possible, according to the National Weather Service.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Rain with flooding possible Thursday Rain chances remain very high, around 90%, with additional periods of heavy rain and thunderstorms possible on Thursday.
    — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of flooding
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  • Sacramento’s Front Street Animal Shelter has reduced its pending service requests by more than 90% after filling staffing vacancies and streamlining its processes.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In sweltering Edinburg, Texas, 52-year-old Kristin Jimenez shrugged off the rising price of gas after filling up her Mercedes.
    — Steve Peoples, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of filling
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  • The deaths came amid late-season monsoon storms pounding the Navajo Nation, damaging roads, inundating remote communities and prompting a state of emergency.
    — Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam -- Heavy rain caused flooding across parts of northern Vietnam on Thursday, disrupting travel, inundating homes and pushing several rivers above dangerous levels, authorities and state media said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of inundating
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“Silting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silting. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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