In the summer of 1993, record rains in the Midwest caused the Mississippi River to overflow its banks, break through levees, and inundate the entire countryside; such an inundation hadn't been seen for at least a hundred years. By contrast, the Nile River inundated its entire valley every year, bringing the rich black silt that made the valley one of the most fertile places on earth. (The inundations ceased with the completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1970.) Whenever a critical issue is being debated, the White House and Congressional offices are inundated with phone calls and emails, just as a town may be inundated with complaints when it starts charging a fee for garbage pickup.
Rising rivers could inundate low-lying areas.
water from the overflowing bathtub inundated the bathroom floor
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As the Ohio River Valley is inundated with rain, Kentucky creeks were already spilling over their banks on Friday and feeding major rivers, many of which are expected to hit major or moderate flood levels, the Louisville Courier Journal reported.—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025 Floods could inundate towns, sweep cars away Thunderstorms with multiple rounds of heavy rain were expected in parts of Texas, the lower Mississippi Valley and the Ohio Valley from midweek through Saturday.—Jeff Martin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025 Parents don’t think about ads as much because they’re so inundated with ads in their daily lives.—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025 In May and June of 2022, heavy rains inundated the lake and the sewer overflowed, leaving muck on the ground, Rosprim recalled.—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inundate
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Latin inundatus, past participle of inundare, from in- + unda wave — more at water
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