Inundation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow of water or other fluid; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over low grounds; hence, an overspreading of any kind; an overflow or superfluous abundance.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
  • noun. An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
  • noun. An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists.
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  • noun. an overwhelming number or amount
  • noun. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
    • Word Usage
    "Both would be vulnerable to inundation from a rise in sea level."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    batch  deal  flock  good deal  great deal  
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    cataclysm  conflagration  deluge  drought  earthquake  
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    affusion  alluvion  alluvium  aspergation  aspersion  
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