as in to flood
to cover with a flood
water from the overflowing bathtub inundated the bathroom floor
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Recent Examples of inundate
This has only increased over the years with all of the parenting advice that inundates them.
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Shannon Carpenter, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
In a market inundated with applications, splurging for interview prep or career coaches could be the key to stand out amongst other candidates.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
In a letter to City Manager Jennifer Maguire Friday, Mayor Matt Mahan said residents have inundated his office with inquiries and concerns over what the city is doing to prevent and contain wildfires, including in the wildland-urban interface along the city’s eastern and southern borders.
—Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025
On Tuesday, a subreddit for federal employees was inundated with comments from people discussing the email.
—Zoë Schiffer, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2025
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Shannon Carpenter, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
In a market inundated with applications, splurging for interview prep or career coaches could be the key to stand out amongst other candidates.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
In a letter to City Manager Jennifer Maguire Friday, Mayor Matt Mahan said residents have inundated his office with inquiries and concerns over what the city is doing to prevent and contain wildfires, including in the wildland-urban interface along the city’s eastern and southern borders.
—Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025
On Tuesday, a subreddit for federal employees was inundated with comments from people discussing the email.
—Zoë Schiffer, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inundate
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The massive hole in the house left the basement flooded and destroyed.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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Virgen Viera was scanning her phone for updates about the crash when photos and videos began flooding social media.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN,
9 Feb. 2025
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Friday’s development is just the latest twist in a complicated, layered, yearslong corruption scandal that has engulfed Alameda County, its county seat, Oakland, and led to the ousting of its mayor and a district attorney.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Feb. 2025
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In the weeks following the outbreak of the Eaton and Palisades Fires, the conflagrations engulfed neighborhoods, forested canyons and chaparral—a type of shrubland.—
Anton Sorokin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
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For example, an American Iron Dome, if proven successful, could be seen as a threat by some and result in an arms race to overwhelm it.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2025
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Instead, Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff for policy, has taken the lead in the approach to overwhelm the opposition while moving quickly on the president's agenda.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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The most important thing is to drown out the noise, forget the optics, and focus on creating your most loving experience on Valentine’s Day and beyond.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
11 Feb. 2025
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In 2013, the Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano nearly drowned when a blockage in his suit’s cooling system flooded his helmet with water.—
Dhruv Khullar,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Inundate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inundate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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