1
: covered or overfilled with an excess of water or some other liquid
a flooded field
a flooded carburetor/engine
2
: filled, covered, or completely overrun as if by a flood
won't find new customers in a flooded market
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Rain falls on a flooded road in Roswell, New Mexico, U.S., October 19, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.
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CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
Yellow jackets are swarming in flooded parts of North Carolina.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
There were hundreds of water rescues, none more dramatic than in rural Unicoi County in East Tennessee, where dozens of patients and staff were plucked by helicopter from the roof of a hospital that was surrounded by water from a flooded river.
—Stephen Smith, TIME, 28 Sep. 2024
Officials called for a mandatory evacuation of the city, but many resident remained in the city and had to be rescued from flooded homes and hotels.
—Contessa Brewer,jessica Golden, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
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CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
Yellow jackets are swarming in flooded parts of North Carolina.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
There were hundreds of water rescues, none more dramatic than in rural Unicoi County in East Tennessee, where dozens of patients and staff were plucked by helicopter from the roof of a hospital that was surrounded by water from a flooded river.
—Stephen Smith, TIME, 28 Sep. 2024
Officials called for a mandatory evacuation of the city, but many resident remained in the city and had to be rescued from flooded homes and hotels.
—Contessa Brewer,jessica Golden, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Flooded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flooded. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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