Inundate

['ɪnʌndeɪt] or ['ɪnʌndet]

Definition

(verb.) fill or cover completely, usually with water.

Checker: Millicent--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.

(v. t.) To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit.

Edited by Barton

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Flood, deluge, submerge, overflow, overwhelm, drown, put under water (or other liquid).

Checker: Nellie

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Overflow, submerge, deluge, flood, overwhelm

ANT:Drain, reclaim, dry, desiccate, parch

Checked by Judith

Definition

v.t. to flow upon or over in waves (said of water): to flood: to fill with an overflowing abundance.—adj. Inun′dant overflowing.—n. Inundā′tion act of inundating: a flood: an overflowing.

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