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   inundate

   /ˈɪnʌndeɪt/

   verb

   • 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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