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inundation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deluge, flood, torrent |
| Type of | wad, deal, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot |
| Derivation | inundate |
inundation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | alluvion, deluge, flood |
| Type of | geological phenomenon |
| Has types | flash flood, flashflood, noachian deluge, noah's flood, noah and the flood, debacle, the flood |
| Derivation | inundate |
plains fertilized by annual inundations.
Examples of inundation
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Most varieties perished, but a few salt-resistant ones withstood the inundation.
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It faces possible inundation from both hurricanes and Mississippi River floods.
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Heinrich Rothmund, spoke about the threatening refugee inundation of Switzerland.
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Few cities in the United States face such a threat of catastrophic inundation.
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This poorly known bird lives in poor-soil areas subject to regular inundation.
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Bishop's farm on Tent Hill is on the valley's higher ground and escaped inundation.
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The media world today is less the paradox of choice than the inundation by options.
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The potential harm done by them, he says, is not limited to inundation and seepage.
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The flooding was far worse than an inundation earlier this month in the same areas.
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- Flood: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
- Flood: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
- A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land. The EU Floods directive defines a flood as a temporary covering by water of land not normally covered by water. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. ...
- The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds; An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists
- To dream of seeing cities or country submerged in dark, seething waters, denotes great misfortune and loss of life through some dreadful calamity. To see human beings swept away in an inundation, portends bereavements and despair, making life gloomy and unprofitable. ...
- The annual flooding of the Nile River.
- To cover completely with water (may refer to overflow, flood or swamp)
- The covering of land, property and associated infrastructure and possessions by floodwaters.
- Flooding due to the failure of dams, levees, reservoirs, water transmission lines, or large water tanks.
