as in to flood
to cover with a flood
water from the overflowing bathtub inundated the bathroom floor
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Recent Examples of inundate
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses are inundated with software solutions promising to streamline operations, boost efficiency and drive revenue.
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Andrew Neal, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
During those storms, floodwaters surged into the Tulare Lake Basin, submerging roads, breaking through levees and inundating farmlands, where workers rushed to move equipment to high ground.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Heavy rain continued to produce serious flooding across parts of the Southern United States on Sunday, where rapidly rising floodwaters inundated roadways and spurred some evacuations.
—Daniel Amarante, ABC News, 16 Feb. 2025
Cal Fire officials liken the maps to flood zone maps, which show the probability of an area being inundated by floodwaters, with the same goal: to keep home, family and property safe.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
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Andrew Neal, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
During those storms, floodwaters surged into the Tulare Lake Basin, submerging roads, breaking through levees and inundating farmlands, where workers rushed to move equipment to high ground.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Heavy rain continued to produce serious flooding across parts of the Southern United States on Sunday, where rapidly rising floodwaters inundated roadways and spurred some evacuations.
—Daniel Amarante, ABC News, 16 Feb. 2025
Cal Fire officials liken the maps to flood zone maps, which show the probability of an area being inundated by floodwaters, with the same goal: to keep home, family and property safe.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inundate
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As Hood prepares himself for the final battle, disaster strikes at home the night before he’s set to leave for Oklahoma: One of his kids intentionally floods the upstairs toilet while their father is downstairs making spaghetti.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
29 Mar. 2025
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More than 400 Reddit users flooded the comments section of the post with admiration, calling the moment heartwarming and even offering to help the kittens out on their journey to being adopted.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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The fires engulfed 22 structures, forced evacuations on 18 roads and required an injured firefighter to be airlifted to a hospital.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Mar. 2025
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And some said they were simply fatigued by the controversies engulfing the university.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2025
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This data stored across multiple cloud environments, on-premises systems and SaaS applications has overwhelmed traditional classification methods.—
Asaf Kochan,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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The threat on European alcohol overwhelmed the positive inflation news.—
Francisco Velasquez,
Quartz,
14 Mar. 2025
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Businesses across sectors are drowning in information, yet many still haven’t found the right tools to manage, interpret, and act on it effectively.—
Cathy Hackl,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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According the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, the artist drowned after inhaling difluoroethane, and taking alprazolam (a generic form of Xanax).—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Inundate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inundate. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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