inundate

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Englisch - Englisch
To overwhelm

The agency was inundated with phone calls.

To cover with large amounts of water; to flood

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

to fill with an overflowing abundance
{f} flood, overflow
fill or cover completely, usually with water
To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit
To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town
emphasis If you say that you are inundated with things such as letters, demands, or requests, you are emphasizing that you receive so many of them that you cannot deal with them all. Her office was inundated with requests for tickets They have inundated me with fan letters. = swamp
If an area of land is inundated, it becomes covered with water. Their neighborhood is being inundated by the rising waters of the Colorado River. = flood
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
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flooded
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Simple past tense and past participle of inundate
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The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds
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An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists
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flood
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(be inundated with) Get so many things to do that you cannot deal with them
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covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub"
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past of inundate
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rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; "a desk flooded with applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by work"
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{s} flooded, filled to overflowing
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third-person singular of inundate
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present participle of inundate
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the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
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to overflow with water; a flood
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The annual flooding of the Nile River
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- Flooding
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To cover completely with water (may refer to overflow, flood or swamp)
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to cover with a flood
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overwhelming, overflowing
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flooding
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The act of covering with water
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{i} flooding, deluge, overflow
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a yearly flood the ancient Egyptians relied on for fertilsing crops
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A condition in which water from any source temporarily or permanently covers a land surface
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Surface flooding by standing or slow moving water
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Flooded or covered with water
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an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
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The depth, relative to a stated reference level, to which a particular location is covered by water
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