inundate

/'inʌndeit/
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inundate

The heavy rain began to inundate the city streets.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To cover or submerge completely, typically with water; to flood.
    • To overwhelm someone or something with a large amount of things, such as work, information, or requests.
Usage

The verb "inundate" is used to describe a situation where something is completely covered or overwhelmed. It is often used in both literal (physical flooding) and figurative (being overwhelmed) contexts. It is a transitive verb, requiring a direct object.

Examples
  • Literal (with water):
    • The heavy rains threatened to inundate the coastal village.
    • The river overflowed its banks and inundated the surrounding farmland.
  • Figurative (overwhelm):
    • After the product launch, the company was inundated with customer orders.
    • The newsroom was inundated with calls from concerned citizens.
Advanced Usage
  • Passive Voice: Often used to emphasize the state of being overwhelmed.
    • The small support team was inundated with complaints.
  • Formal/Technical Contexts: Common in reports about natural disasters, climate change, or business.
    • The study predicts that rising sea levels will inundate these islands within fifty years.
Variants and Related Words
  • Inundation (noun): The act of inundating or the state of being inundated; a flood.
    • The inundation caused significant damage to the infrastructure.
  • Inundated (adjective): Describing something that has been flooded or overwhelmed.
    • The inundated fields were unfit for planting.
Synonyms
  • Flood: To cover with water; to arrive or be presented in overwhelming quantities.
  • Overwhelm: To bury or drown beneath a huge mass; to give too much of something to someone.
  • Swamp: To overwhelm or flood with an excessive amount.
  • Deluge: To inundate with a great flood of things.
Phrasal Verbs

Note: "Inundate" itself does not commonly form phrasal verbs. The concept is typically expressed with the verb alone or with prepositions like "with." - To be inundated with/by something: The standard construction to indicate what is causing the overflow or overwhelm. - The server was inundated with traffic.

Related Idioms

Note: There are no common idioms that use the exact word "inundate." The sense of being overwhelmed is often captured by idioms like "swamped with work" or "flooded with requests," which use synonyms.

inundate

The heavy rain began to inundate the city streets.

Verb
  1. fill or cover completely, usually with water
  2. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
    • the basement was inundated after the storm
    • The images flooded his mind

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