Inundate
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transitive verb.
To cover with water, especially floodwaters.
transitive verb.
To overwhelm as if with a flood; swamp.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To overspread with or as if with a flood; overflow; flood; deluge.
Hence To gorge with excessive circulation or abundance; fill inordinately; overspread; overwhelm.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood.
transitive verb.
To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
To
cover
with large amounts of
water
; to
flood
.
verb.
To
overwhelm
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb.
fill or cover completely, usually with water
verb.
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
Word Usage
"Richard let the power, the magic, the rage of the sword inundate him, storm through him, just to feel something."
Form
inundation
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
fill
fill up
flood
make full
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
afflict
aggrieve
anguish
baptize
be prodigal with
verb-form
inundated
inundates
inundating