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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inundated
adj
  1. covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub"
    Synonym(s): afloat(p), awash(p), flooded, inundated, overflowing
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.
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