flooded

adjective

flood·​ed ˈflə-dəd How to pronounce flooded (audio)
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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Trucks travel through a flooded road while exiting from an Amazon delivery station in Carlstadt, New Jersey, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. Jeff Marks, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024 Rescuers in Atlanta used boats to reach residents stranded in flooded areas. Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024 People toss buckets of water out of a flooded home Friday in Atlanta. Melissa Chan, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2024 The 1946 tsunami, triggered by a magnitude 8.6 earthquake near Alaska, flooded parts of Half Moon Bay. Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for flooded 

Word History

First Known Use

1750, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of flooded was in 1750

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“Flooded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flooded. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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