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Definition of inundates in English English dictionary
- third-person singular of inundate
- inundate
- To overwhelm
The agency was inundated with phone calls.
- inundate
- to fill with an overflowing abundance
- inundate
- {f} flood, overflow
- inundate
- fill or cover completely, usually with water
- inundate
- To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit
- inundate
- To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town
- inundate
- 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
- inundate
- 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
- inundate
- fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
- inundate
- To cover with large amounts of water; to flood