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(′i·nən′dā·shən)

(hydrology) Flooding, by the rise and spread of water, of a land surface that is not normally submerged.

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    An abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain: alluvion, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, downpour, flood, freshet, Niagara, overflow, torrent. Chiefly British spate. See big/small/amount.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
  Synonyms: flood, deluge, alluvion

Meaning #2: an overwhelming number or amount
  Synonyms: flood, deluge, torrent

 
 

 

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