verb
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to cover completely with water; overflow; flood; swamp
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to overwhelm, as if with a flood
to be inundated with requests
Related Words
See flood.
Other Word Forms
- inundant adjective
- inundation noun
- inundator noun
- inundatory adjective
Etymology
Origin of inundate
First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin inundātus, past participle of inundāre “to flood, overflow,” equivalent to in- in- 2 + und(a) “wave” + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Across the border in Malaysia, where heavy rains also inundated large stretches of land in Perlis state, two people were killed.
From Barron's
Officials reported that about a third of the country remains without electricity or running water due to collapsed power lines and inundated water purification facilities.
From Barron's
Days of heavy rain across Indonesia, Malaysia and southern Thailand have inundated cities, trapped thousands and caused deadly landslides.
From Barron's
Heavy rains across Indonesia, Malaysia and southern Thailand have inundated cities, trapped thousands and caused deadly landslides.
From Barron's
A volunteer rescue group, the Matchima Rescue Center, told Reuters it had been inundated with thousands of calls in the last three days, with people asking to be evacuated.
From BBC
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