inundate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inundate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inundate v fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind" Synonym(s): deluge, flood, inundate, swamp fill or cover completely, usually with water Synonym(s): inundate, deluge, submerge
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inundate \In*un"date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inundated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inundating}.] [L. inundatus, p. p. of inundare to inundate; pref. in- in + undare to rise in waves, to overflow, fr. unda a wave. See {Undulate}.] 1. To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town. 2. To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit. Syn: To overflow; deluge; flood; overwhelm; submerge; drown.