as in flooded
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as in engulfed
to cover with a flood
deluged with requests for help
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Adjective
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The weather service warned people not to drive into flooded roads, since most flood deaths occur in cars.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
26 May 2025 -
Be sure to plan ahead if traveling and never drive through flooded roadways!—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
Verb
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The runoff election marks yet another chapter in the country's struggle against a surge of violent crime that has engulfed cities in a country that was once a popular tourist destination and was left badly scarred by the pandemic.—
James LaPorta,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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When first responders arrived on the scene, both the plane and a vehicle were already fully engulfed in flames, which have since been extinguished, TMZ reported.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Houston has athletic size, and that has overwhelmed the Clippers in previous matchups.—
Kelly Iko,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Fatherhood overwhelmed Wade at first.—
D. Watkins,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There’s something so saturated and bright about it.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
24 May 2025
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Gray, beige, white and black have become the dominant language of marketing and design, replacing the warm-toned and saturated reds, greens, and blues of decades past.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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The rain hammering down, his sodden tracksuit clinging to his skin.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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The new arrivals bedded down on sodden ground along the tracks, their campfires flickering in the night.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Deluged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deluged. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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