as in engulfed
to cover with a flood
the lowlands were completely flooded angry calls flooded the radio station
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Recent Examples of flooded
Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Vehicles traverse a flooded road in Naguabo, Puerto Rico, as Hurricane Erin brings heavy rain to the island, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025.
—Amanda Castro
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anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Fans and social media users flooded his post with comments, showing their support for the player and hyping up his unintentional style choice in response.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Turn around, don't drown; do not drive into a flooded street.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Vehicles traverse a flooded road in Naguabo, Puerto Rico, as Hurricane Erin brings heavy rain to the island, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry
anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Experts estimate that about 95% of the natural wetlands that once seasonally flooded the Central Valley are gone.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Fans and social media users flooded his post with comments, showing their support for the player and hyping up his unintentional style choice in response.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flooded
Verb
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When deputies arrived, the plane was engulfed in flames.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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Aamir Quereshi imaged the moon moments before it was engulfed in Earth's shadow over Pakistan, with a razor-thin crescent lit by bright sunlight.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Billing engineers were overwhelmed by manual updates, especially for enterprise contracts that spanned multiple clouds and organizational units.—
Scott Woody,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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And even before the storm made landfall, the levees protecting New Orleans began to fail, overwhelmed by heavy rain and massive storm surges.—
Reena Advani,
NPR,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And in September 2024, Kyle Brinker, 33, drowned during an annual swim test at the swimming pool at the Gladstone Community Center.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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Many Allied soldiers drowned, hit mines or were cut down by Nazi machine gun crossfire.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This set includes eight in saturated tones, plus 30 faux maple leaves that are surprisingly detailed and great for scattering along a mantle or layering into a centerpiece.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Coconut is a high-calorie food rich in saturated fat that could potentially impact your heart disease risk.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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According to the autopsy, Brinker was pulled from the pool after he was observed suffering cardiac arrest and then being submerged for 30 seconds.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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On a Facebook page for the Stop South Benbrook Floods group, Clem shared a video of Timberline Drive submerged under brown, murky water after heavy rain.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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West was at the height of his cultural influence and had handpicked Chance, a fellow Chicago native, as his protégé—the successor to the soul-drenched, worshipful hip-hop that West had popularized in the mid-two-thousands.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
20 Aug. 2025
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An Explosive Atmosphere Racing Club had a date with destiny in a drenched ‘Cilindro’ stadium in Avellaneda on Tuesday night.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Block after block across metropolitan Milwaukee, piles of soaked carpets, waterlogged appliances and furniture stained beyond recognition now slump in front yards and along sidewalks.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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In compacted or waterlogged soils, oxygen-loving, or aerobic bacteria, are replaced by anaerobic bacteria, which turn nitrate into ammonia.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
26 July 2025
Adjective
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Once butter is melted and bubbling, add 3 soaked bread slices to pan and cook until golden brown, about 2 minutes per side.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
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Watch this video to see the rice-free way to dry out a soaked smartphone.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Flooded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flooded. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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