inundate
verb
1 inundate
Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid:
— The basement was inundated after the storm.
synonyms: deluge, flood, swamp.
Roget 348:
flow,
run;
meander;
gush,
pour,
spout,
roll,
jet,
well,
issue;
drop,
drip,
dribble,
plash,
spirtle†,
trill,
trickle,
distill,
percolate;
stream,
overflow,
inundate,
deluge,
flow over,
splash,
swash;
guggle†,
murmur,
babble,
bubble,
purl,
gurgle,
sputter,
spurt,
spray,
regurgitate;
ooze,
flow out
etc.
(egress)
295.
rain hard,
rain in torrents,
rain cats and dogs,
rain pitchforks;
pour with rain,
drizzle,
spit,
set in;
mizzle†.
flow into,
fall into,
open into,
drain into;
discharge itself,
disembogue†.
[Cause a flow]
pour;
pour out
etc.
(discharge)
297;
shower down,
irrigate,
drench
etc.
(wet)
337;
spill,
splash.
[Stop a flow]
stanch;
dam,
up
etc.
(close)
261;
obstruct
etc.
706.
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Roget 641:
superabound,
overabound†;
know no bounds,
swarm;
meet one at every turn;
creep with,
crawl with,
bristle with;
overflow;
run over,
flow over,
well over,
brim over;
run riot;
overrun,
overstock,
overlay,
overcharge,
overdose,
overfeed,
overburden,
overload,
overdo,
overwhelm,
overshoot the mark
etc.
(go beyond)
303;
surcharge,
supersaturate,
gorge,
glut,
load,
drench,
whelm,
inundate,
deluge,
flood;
drug,
drug the market;
hepatize†.
choke,
cloy,
accloy†,
suffocate;
pile up,
lay on thick;
impregnate with;
lavish
etc.
(squander)
818.
send coals to Newcastle,
carry coals to Newcastle,
carry owls to Athens†;
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs;
pisces natare docere [Lat.];
kill the slain,
gild refined gold,"
gild the lily,"
butter one's bread on both sides,
put butter upon bacon;
employ a steam engine to crack a nut
etc.
(waste)
638.
exaggerate
etc.
549;
wallow in
roll in
etc.
(plenty)
639;
remain on one's hands,
hang heavy on hand,
go a begging.
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Dutch: onderlopen, onderstromen
2 inundate
Fill or cover completely, usually with water.
synonyms: deluge, submerge.
Roget 337:
be watery
etc.
adj.;
reek.
add water,
water,
wet;
moisten
etc.
339;
dilute,
dip,
immerse;
merge;
immerge,
submerge;
plunge,
souse,
duck,
drown;
soak,
steep,
macerate,
pickle,
wash,
sprinkle,
lave,
bathe,
affuse†,
splash,
swash,
douse,
drench;
dabble,
slop,
slobber,
irrigate,
inundate,
deluge;
syringe,
inject,
gargle.
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Dutch: inunderen
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