inundate
[in-uhn-deyt, -uhn-, in-uhn-deyt]
verb (used with object), in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing.
to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
to overwhelm: inundated with letters of protest.
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Origin of inundate
Synonyms for inundate
2. glut.
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Contemporary Examples of inundate
Now it has a different meaning: to inundate someone with profanity and insults.
“Flaming” was one of the first, meaning to inundate someone with email spam.
Historical Examples of inundate
I have known freshets in March to inundate the country for miles.
Plantation SketchesMargaret Devereux
If then, they inundate us with their products, it is because they expect to be inundated with ours.
Sophisms of the ProtectionistsFrederic Bastiat
It was the month of July; the Nile was about to inundate the country.
Do we not hear it said every day, "The foreigner is about to inundate us with his products?"
Economic SophismsFrederic Bastiat
If they inundate us with their products, it is because they expect to be inundated with ours in return.
Economic SophismsFrederic Bastiat
inundate
verb (tr)
Word Origin for inundate
C17: from Latin inundāre to flood, from unda wave
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