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   inundate

   /ˈɪnʌndeɪt/

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   • 1. overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with: "we've been inundated with complaints from listeners" Similar overwhelmoverpoweroverburdenoverrunoverloadswampbog downbesiegesnow underburybombardglut
   • 2. flood: "the islands may be the first to be inundated as sea levels rise" Similar flooddelugeoverflowoverrunswampsubmergeengulfdrownimmersecoversaturatesoakdrench

   Word Origin late 16th century: (earlier (late Middle English) as inundation) from Latin inundat- ‘flooded’, from the verb inundare, from in- ‘into, upon’ + undare ‘to flow’ (from unda ‘a wave’).

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   What does it mean if a toy store is inundated?

   • Commonly used to refer to a deluge of water, inundate can also refer to an overflow of something less tangible, like information. Right before the holidays, toy stores are often inundated with eager parents scrambling to get the latest action figures and video games.

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   What does it mean if a person is inundated?

   • If you say that you are inundated with things such as letters, demands, or requests, you are emphasizing that you receive so many of them that you cannot deal with them all. They have inundated me with fan letters. [VERB noun + with] If an area of land is inundated, it becomes covered with water. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   What is inundate verb?

   • Definition of inundate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [often passive] to give or send somebody so many things that they cannot deal with them all synonym overwhelm, swamp be inundated (with something) We have been inundated with offers of help. She's inundated with work at the moment.

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   What does inundation mean?

   • , in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing. to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge. inundated with letters of protest. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 See flood.

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   To inundate means to quickly fill up or overwhelm, just like a flood. Your bathroom could be inundated with water if the pipes burst, and hopefully your inbox is inundated with nice emails on your birthday.

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