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Inundate synonyms
ĭn'ŭn-dāt'
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swamp
To become swamped; sink in or as in a swamp
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  1. To become swamped; sink in or as in a swamp
  2. An area of low-lying wet or seasonally flooded land, often having trees and dense shrubs or thickets.
  3. To become full of water or sink.
submerge
To sink or plunge beneath the surface of water, etc.
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  1. To sink or plunge beneath the surface of water, etc.
  2. To go under or as if under water.
  3. To place under or cover with water or the like; plunge into water, inundate, etc.
engulf
To plunge, as into a gulf
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  1. To plunge, as into a gulf
  2. To swallow up or overwhelm by or as if by overflowing and enclosing:
  3. To swallow up; overwhelm
deluge
To overrun with water; inundate.
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  1. To overrun with water; inundate.
  2. To overwhelm with a large number or amount; swamp:
  3. To overwhelm as with a flood
overwhelm
To defeat completely and decisively:
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  1. To defeat completely and decisively:
  2. To turn over; upset:
  3. To present with an excessive amount:
deluge
To overwhelm with a large number or amount; swamp:
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  1. To overwhelm with a large number or amount; swamp:
  2. To overrun with water; inundate.
  3. To overwhelm as with a flood
drown
To drench thoroughly or cover with a liquid.
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  1. To drench thoroughly or cover with a liquid.
  2. To cover with water; flood; inundate
  3. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.
engulf
To plunge, as into a gulf
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  1. To plunge, as into a gulf
  2. To swallow up; overwhelm
  3. To swallow up or overwhelm by or as if by overflowing and enclosing:
flood
To put much or too much water, fuel, etc. on or in
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  1. To put much or too much water, fuel, etc. on or in
  2. To become inundated or submerged:
  3. A temporary rise of the water level, as in a river or lake or along a seacoast, resulting in its spilling over and out of its natural or artificial confines onto land that is normally dry. Floods are usually caused by excessive runoff from precipitation or snowmelt, or by coastal storm surges or other tidal phenomena. &diamf3; Floods are sometimes described according to their statistical occurrence. A fifty-year flood is a flood having a magnitude that is reached in a particular location on average once every fifty years. In any given year there is a two percent statistical chance of the occurrence of a fifty-year flood and a one percent chance of a hundred-year flood .
flush
(Intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
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  1. (Intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
  2. To flow suddenly and abundantly, as from containment; flood.
  3. To clean, rinse, or empty with a rapid flow of a liquid, especially water:
overflow
To be filled beyond capacity, as a container or waterway.
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  1. To be filled beyond capacity, as a container or waterway.
  2. To flow over or across; flood
  3. To spread or cover over; flood.
overwhelm
To defeat completely and decisively:
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  1. To defeat completely and decisively:
  2. To turn over; upset:
  3. To present with an excessive amount:
submerge
To go under or as if under water.
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  1. To go under or as if under water.
  2. To place under or cover with water or the like; plunge into water, inundate, etc.
  3. To sink or plunge beneath the surface of water, etc.
whelm
To overpower or crush; overwhelm
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  1. To overpower or crush; overwhelm
  2. To submerge, cover, or engulf
  3. To cover with water; submerge.
deluge
To overrun with water; inundate.
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  1. To overrun with water; inundate.
  2. To overwhelm with a large number or amount; swamp:
  3. To overwhelm as with a flood
flood
To cover or fill with or as with a flood; overflow; inundate
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  1. To cover or fill with or as with a flood; overflow; inundate
  2. A temporary rise of the water level, as in a river or lake or along a seacoast, resulting in its spilling over and out of its natural or artificial confines onto land that is normally dry. Floods are usually caused by excessive runoff from precipitation or snowmelt, or by coastal storm surges or other tidal phenomena. &diamf3; Floods are sometimes described according to their statistical occurrence. A fifty-year flood is a flood having a magnitude that is reached in a particular location on average once every fifty years. In any given year there is a two percent statistical chance of the occurrence of a fifty-year flood and a one percent chance of a hundred-year flood .
  3. To become inundated or submerged:
overwhelm
To defeat completely and decisively:
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  1. To defeat completely and decisively:
  2. To turn over; upset:
  3. To present with an excessive amount:
whelm
To overwhelm.
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  1. To overwhelm.
  2. To submerge, cover, or engulf
  3. To cover with water; submerge.
Find another word for inundate. In this page you can discover 22 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for inundate, like: swamp, submerge, engulf, deluge, overwhelm, flood, immerse, deluge, drown, engulf and flood.

Sentence Examples

  • Thus, water, moisture, weep, tears, inundate, irrigate," &c. The word a can also mean " shining, glistening," an idea evidently developed from the shining rippling of water.

  • The storm will inundate low-lying areas, with 4 million people at risk of flooding in the UK alone.

  • In spring and summer the water from the Baltic is sufficiently abundant to inundate the whole surface of the Kattegat and Skagerrak, but in winter the sources of the Baltic current are for the most part dried up by the freezing of the land water.

  • Nearly all of this vast flood-plain lies below the level of high water in the Mississippi, and, but for the protection afforded by the levees, every considerable rise of its waters would inundate vast areas of fertile and cultivated land.

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