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.

Nearby words

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

Origin of inundate

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

SYNONYMS FOR inundate

2 glut.

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Related forms

in·un·da·tion, nounin·un·da·tor, nounin·un·da·to·ry

[in-uhn-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ɪnˈʌn dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjectivesu·per·in·un·da·tion, noun

un·in·un·dat·ed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for inundated

Throughout the afternoon, Rashid was inundated with phone calls and knocks on the door.
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Yet I was hugged, inundated with compliments, and told how strong I was for being on the receiving end.
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The medical crews are inundated by the volume of need, with everything from emergency C-sections to regular lacerations.
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The dazzling sun of June inundated this terrible thing with light.
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Here there were very few cultivated fields to be inundated and a very small number of people to be dislodged.
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I imagine that these ant-hills were formed during a remarkably wet season, when, possibly, the forest-clad plain was inundated.
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Each one of these mysterious lines shone before her eyes and inundated her heart with a strange radiance.
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All of North Dayton, save the extreme uplands, was inundated.
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British Dictionary definitions for inundated

inundate

/ (ˈɪnʌnˌdeɪt) /

verb (tr)

to cover completely with water; overflow; flood; swamp

to overwhelm, as if with a floodto be inundated with requests

Derived Formsinundant or inundatory, adjectiveinundation, nouninundator, noun

Word Origin for inundate

C17: from Latin inundāre to flood, from unda wave

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Word Origin and History for inundated

inundate

1620s, back-formation from inundation, or else from Latin inundatus, past participle of inundare "to overflow, run over" (see inundation). Related: Inundated; inundating.

inundate

verb (used with object), in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing.

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British Dictionary definitions for inundated

inundate

verb (tr)

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