inundate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: in=un=date

CIDE DICTIONARY

inundate, v. t. [L. inundatus, p. p. of inundare to inundate; pref. in- in + undare to rise in waves, to overflow, fr. unda a wave. See Undulate.].

•  To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inundate, v.tr. (often foll. by with)
1 flood.
2 overwhelm (inundated with enquiries).

Derivative

inundation n.

Etymology

L inundare flow (as IN-(2), unda wave)

THESAURUS

inundate

afflict, aggrieve, anguish, baptize, be prodigal with, board, break down, bring to tears, bury, cascade, cataract, crush, cut up, deluge, desolate, dip, douse, draw tears, drown, duck, dunk, embitter, engulf, escalade, float, flood, flood the market, flow on, foray, grieve, hit and run, immerge, immerse, inroad, invade, make a raid, make an inroad, merge, oppress, overbrim, overdose, overequip, overflow, overfurnish, overlavish, overprovender, overprovide, overprovision, override, overrun, oversell, overstock, oversupply, overwhelm, plunge in water, pour on, pour out, pour over, prostrate, raid, rain, ride down, ride over, ride roughshod over, run down, run over, scale, scale the walls, sink, slop, slosh, sluice, sorrow, souse, spill, spill out, spill over, storm, submerge, submerse, swamp, sweep, take by storm, torment, trample, trample on, trample underfoot, trample upon, tread upon, whelm

ROGET THESAURUS

inundate

Redundancy

VB superabound, overabound, know no bounds, swarm, meet one at every turn, creep with, crawl with, bristle with, overflow, run over, flow over, well over, brim over, run riot, overrun, overstock, overlay, overcharge, overdose, overfeed, overburden, overload, overdo, overwhelm, overshoot the mark, surcharge, supersaturate, gorge, glut, load, drench, whelm, inundate, deluge, flood, drug, drug the market, hepatize, choke, cloy, accloy, suffocate, pile up, lay on thick, impregnate with, lavish, send coals to Newcastle, carry coals to Newcastle, carry owls to Athens, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, pisces natare docere, kill the slain, gild refined gold, gild the lily, butter one's bread on both sides, put butter upon bacon, employ a steam engine to crack a nut, exaggerate, wallow in roll in, remain on one's hands, hang heavy on hand, go a begging.

Water

VB be watery, reek, add water, water, wet, moisten, dilute, dip, immerse, merge, immerge, submerge, plunge, souse, duck, drown, soak, steep, macerate, pickle, wash, sprinkle, lave, bathe, affuse, splash, swash, douse, drench, dabble, slop, slobber, irrigate, inundate, deluge, syringe, inject, gargle.

River

VB flow, run, meander, gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue, drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle, trill, trickle, distill, percolate, stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash, guggle, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate, ooze, flow out, rain hard, rain in torrents, rain cats and dogs, rain pitchforks, pour with rain, drizzle, spit, set in, mizzle, flow into, fall into, open into, drain into, discharge itself, disembogue, pour, pour out, shower down, irrigate, drench, spill, splash, stanch, dam, up, obstruct.