Inundation synonyms

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deluge
A great flood
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torrent
A swift, violent stream, esp. of water
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flood
The flowing in of water from the sea as the tide rises
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alluvion
The flow of water against a shore or bank.
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flooding (related)
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siltation (related)
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salination (related)
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overtop (related)
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subsidence (related)
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tide
The definition of tide is the cycle of rising and falling of the surface of bodies of water caused by the attraction of the moon and the sun.
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cataclysm
A violent upheaval that causes great destruction or brings about a fundamental change.
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cataract
A waterfall in which a large volume of water flows over a steep precipice.
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downpour
A heavy rain
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freshet
A sudden overflow of a stream resulting from a heavy rain or a thaw.
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niagara
A torrent, or flood
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overflow
The amount that overflows; surplus
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spate
A great number or quantity
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big (related)
A biological insulation garment; an air-tight, full-body suit intended to prevent the spread of contaminants.
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Inundation Sentence Examples

  • On its left bank stretches the so-called inundation region, 1525 ft.

  • The lowlands of Tilsit are protected against inundation by dikes.

  • At high water most of these are united into one general inundation.

  • Since these streams had in no case originally easy access to the sea, we naturally find lakes on their course, and several of them terminate in tracts of more or less permanent inundation.

  • These works preclude all danger of future inundation.

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