inundated
Americanadjective
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flooded.
Desperate people in the inundated areas prayed for rescue even as the waters kept rising.
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overwhelmed by a great volume of something.
The first congratulatory email was a high for all of us; then we got another, and another, and by the end of the day we had an inundated inbox.
verb
Other Word Forms
- uninundated adjective
Etymology
Origin of inundated
Example Sentences
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Salm said Frankenburg had already sold its missiles to two different countries, which he declined to name, and that the startup had been inundated with inquiries from Gulf nations.
Ukrainian drone manufacturers told AFP they had been inundated with requests from the Middle East since the outbreak of war in the region.
From Barron's
After years of being inundated by requests to start troops across the country, the Radical Monarchs spread to nearby cities like San Francisco, Richmond and Alameda and as far as Denver, New York and Minneapolis.
From Los Angeles Times
In Nyakach, in the west, children walked through knee-high water and residents scooped water from inundated houses -- though some were submerged up to the roof.
From Barron's
French social media has been inundated with "humorous" posts about the battle between the late German dictator Adolf Hitler and Ukraine's modern-day hero Volodymyr Zelensky.
From BBC
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