flood
noun
a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
unflooded
-
a word derived from
flood.
Example Sentences
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On a recent Monday, they were out in the remaining unflooded acreage, irrigating cotton and cutting alfalfa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
Cars, minibuses and trucks carrying goods jostled to traverse an unflooded patch of road after the Benue River broke its banks in the city of Lokoja on Oct.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
He noted that there was a smattering of cars driving on unflooded streets far below.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 11, 2017
"Even in unflooded areas," he says, "the trauma of Katrina jostled people out of households."
From National Geographic ● Aug. 19, 2015
Surely it was the giants of the unflooded world, who cleared off and leveled these boundless plains as a dwelling place for liberty.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
