inundate

1 fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind" [syn: deluge, flood, swamp]

2 fill or cover completely, usually with water [syn: deluge, submerge]

English

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪn.ən.deɪt/, /"In.@n.deIt/

Verb

1. To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.

   The Dutch would sometimes inundate the land to hinder the Spanish army.

2. To overwhelm.

   The agency was inundated with phone calls.

Synonyms

• sense to cover with water deluge, flood
• sense to overwhelm deluge, flood

Derived terms

• inundation

Translations

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