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inundate

 
Dictionary: in·un·date   (ĭn'ŭn-dāt', ĭn'ən-) pronunciation
tr.v., -dat·ed, -dat·ing, -dates.
  1. To cover with water, especially floodwaters.
  2. To overwhelm as if with a flood; swamp: The theater was inundated with requests for tickets.

[Latin inundāre, inundāt- : in-, in; see in-2 + undāre, to surge (from unda, wave).]

inundation in'un·da'tion n.
inundator in'un·da'tor n.
inundatory in·un'da·to'ry (-də-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.

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verb

  1. To flow over completely: deluge, drown, engulf, flood, flush, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, whelm. See full/empty/capacity.
  2. To affect as if by an outpouring of water: deluge, flood, overwhelm, swamp, whelm. See full/empty/capacity.

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v

Definition: drown, overwhelm
Antonyms: underwhelm


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To flood or overwhelm.

pronunciation The rising river waters began to inundate the small town.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - oversvømme, overvælde

Nederlands (Dutch)
onder water zetten, overweldigen, overspoelen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit) inonder, (fig) submerger, inonder (de)

Deutsch (German)
v. - überfluten, überschwemmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κατακλύζω, πλημμυρίζω

Italiano (Italian)
inondare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - inundar

Русский (Russian)
затоплять, наводнять (перен.)

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - inundar, anegar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - översvämma (äv. bildl.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
浸水, 淹没, 泛滥

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 浸水, 淹沒, 泛濫

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 범람시키다, 충만시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 水浸しにする, 殺到する, あふれさせる, 氾濫する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يغمر, يغرق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הציף, הימם‬


 
 
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