silted

verb

Definition of siltednext
past tense of silt
as in flooded

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  1. flooded
  2. filled
  3. inundated
Verb
  • In their last moments on the phone last Friday, Alonso described the moment panic set in for Andrade as water flooded the streets.
    Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Since the last war between Hezbollah and Israel, in 2006, the group flooded once-impoverished Shia communities across Lebanon with investment.
    Ruth Michaelson / Beirut, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of flooded
Verb
  • Recently, a friend who works at a major research company told me that many focus groups, particularly those conducted by low-quality agencies, are filled with professional participants who attend a toothpaste focus group in the morning and an instant soup group in the afternoon.
    Juan Isaza, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • While dozens of schools are under-filled, just as many are too crowded.
    Cleo Krejci, Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of filled
Verb
  • Soon after, Adams and the owners were inundated with requests for shorts repping other neighborhoods, like Dorchester, Roxbury and Jamaica Plain.
    Steph Solis, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Worldwide, drought and heat have sparked a series of unprecedented fires, and floods have inundated vast regions.
    Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of inundated
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Thesaurus Entries Near silted

silt

silted

silting

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“Silted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silted. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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