flood
noun
a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
overflood
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a word derived from
flood.
Example Sentences
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It is a negative one: I want to counteract the misunderstandings which overflood the whole field, especially by the careless mixing of mental and moral influence.
From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg
Sometimes there are heavy rains which fill all the little rivers with an overflood that quickly eats away the ice and snow, but usually the woodland streams open, slowly and gradually.
From Rolf in the Woods by Ernest Thompson Seton
I think I shall not ever pray for such; Thy bliss will overflood my heart and brain, And I want no unripe things back again.
From A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul by George MacDonald
They intended to drown out the Pixie pickets, overflood and override the barricade, and get into the heart of the Pixie camp.
From Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies by Henry Christopher McCook
He would have been a stern man, but for an unusual amount of reverence that seemed to overflood the sternness, and change it into strong love.
From David Elginbrod by George MacDonald
