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inundate

[ in-uhn-deyt, -uhn-, in-uhn-deyt ]
/ ˈɪn ənˌdeɪt, -ʌn-, ɪnˈʌn deɪt /
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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.

Words related to inundate

deluge, swamp, flood, engulf, submerge, overflow, overrun, dunk, glut, immerse, snow, whelm

Words nearby inundate

inulase, inulin, inulin clearance, inunction, inundant, inundate, inupiaq, inupik, inurbane, inure, inurn

Origin of inundate

1615–25; < Latin inundātus, past participle of inundāre to flood, overflow, equivalent to in- in-2 + und(a) wave + -ātus -ate1

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British Dictionary definitions for inundate

inundate
/ (ˈɪnʌnˌdeɪt) /

verb (tr)

to cover completely with water; overflow; flood; swamp
to overwhelm, as if with a floodto be inundated with requests

Derived forms of inundate

inundant or inundatory, adjectiveinundation, nouninundator, noun

Word Origin for inundate

C17: from Latin inundāre to flood, from unda wave
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