inundate
[verb]
Synonyms: flood, drown, engulf, immerse, overflow, overrun, overwhelm, submerge, swamp

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in‧un‧date /ˈɪnəndeɪt/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of inundare, from unda 'wave']

1. be inundated (with/by something) to receive so much of something that you cannot easily deal with it all Synonym : swamp:
After the broadcast, we were inundated with requests for more information.

2. formal to cover an area with a large amount of water Synonym : flood:
The tidal wave inundated vast areas of cropland.
—inundation /ˌɪnənˈdeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]

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