inundate
verb (used with object)
to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
have inundated
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present perfectof inundate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In the week since, heavy black clouds of smoke have inundated surrounding residential areas.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Heavy rains across Indonesia, Malaysia and southern Thailand have inundated cities, trapped thousands and caused deadly landslides.
From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025
Currently, rivers swollen by monsoon rains have inundated dozens of villages in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, displacing 1,500 people.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
The devastating floods have inundated hundreds of villages across much of Pakistan’s fertile land.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
I am perfectly ashamed of the rapid succession in which my letters of late have inundated the family, yet in my present state of doubt, &c.,
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Edmund Downey
