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INUNDATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fill or cover completely, usually with water

Synonyms:

deluge; inundate; submerge

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "inundate" is one way to...):

flood (cover with liquid, usually water)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The swollen rivers inundate the area with water

Derivation:

inundation (the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

Example:

The images flooded his mind

Synonyms:

deluge; flood; inundate; swamp

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "inundate" is one way to...):

fill; fill up; make full (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something

Derivation:

inundation (the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land)

inundation (an overwhelming number or amount)

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