Meaning of INUNDATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'inun`deyt
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- [v] fill or cover completely, usually with water
- [v] fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
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| | Synonyms: | | deluge, deluge, flood, submerge, swamp |
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| | See Also: | | fill, fill up, flood, flood in, make full | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*un"date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inundated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Inundating}.] [L. inundatus, p. p. of inundare to
inundate; pref. in- in + undare to rise in waves, to
overflow, fr. unda a wave. See {Undulate}.]
1. To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood;
as, the river inundated the town.
2. To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as,
the country was inundated with bills of credit.
Syn: To overflow; deluge; flood; overwhelm; submerge; drown.
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| | Related Terms: | | afflict, aggrieve, anguish, baptize, be prodigal with, board, break down, bring to tears, bury, cascade, cataract, crush, cut up, deluge, desolate, dip, douse, draw tears, drown, duck, dunk, embitter, engulf, escalade, float, flood, flood the market, flow on, foray, grieve, hit and run, immerge, immerse, inroad, invade, make a raid, make an inroad, merge, oppress, overbrim, overdose, overequip, overflow, overfurnish, overlavish, overprovender, overprovide, overprovision, override, overrun, oversell, overstock, oversupply, overwhelm, plunge in water, pour on, pour out, pour over, prostrate, raid, rain, ride down, ride over, ride roughshod over, run down, run over, scale, scale the walls, sink, slop, slosh, sluice, sorrow, souse, spill, spill out, spill over, storm, submerge, submerse, swamp, sweep, take by storm, torment, trample, trample on, trample underfoot, trample upon, tread upon, whelm |
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