Crossword clues for inundated
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inundate \In*un"date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inundated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inundating.] [L. inundatus, p. p. of inundare to inundate; pref. in- in + undare to rise in waves, to overflow, fr. unda a wave. See Undulate.]
To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.
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To fill with an overflowing abundance or superfluity; as, the country was inundated with bills of credit.
Syn: To overflow; deluge; flood; overwhelm; submerge; drown.
Wiktionary
flooded v
(en-past of: inundate)
WordNet
adj. rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; "a desk flooded with applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by work" [syn: flooded, overcome, overpowered, overwhelmed, swamped, engulfed]
covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub" [syn: afloat(p), awash(p), flooded, overflowing]
Usage examples of "inundated".
Those islands that had once dotted the Bay of Bengal: Bhola, Hatiya, and, Sondwip-where the Meghna River flowed into the Bay-had been inundated and the people saved only by the massive efforts of the World Relief Organization.
At once she was inundated with applications, as if everyone had been poised to respond to that willingness.
Callisto and Earth are inundated with requests for transport of personnel and materiel.
They could see old Oslo Landing inundated, see the tsunami streaming along the sloping coastline to attack the stones of Kahrain Cape.
He had heard that the area had been inundated by five major tsunami waves and significant smaller ones to extend the sea inland as far as a man could walk in a day.
Lorana was tossed about, frozen, inundated with freezing rain and roiling sea.
All the big coastal cities were inundated, whole countries like Bangladesh and Holland and Belize were awash.
Its docks were inundated, and the neighborhoods immediately behind them.
But if the same thing happened every winter—and the meteorologists believed that the coming winters would drop even more snow, and the coming summers get ever warmer—then their town would quickly be inundated by snowmelt, and Phillips Rim Crater Four become a lake full to the brim.
But if the same thing happened every winter-and the meteorologists believed that the coming winters would drop even more snow, and the coming summers get ever warmer-then their town would quickly be inundated by snowmelt, and Phillips Rim Crater Four become a lake full to the brim.
The streets of cities inundated with light, green branches on the thresholds, nations sisters, men just, old men blessing children, the past loving the present, thinkers entirely at liberty, believers on terms of full equality, for religion heaven, God the direct priest, human conscience become an altar, no more hatreds, the fraternity of the workshop and the school, for sole penalty and recompense fame, work for all, right for all, peace over all, no more bloodshed, no more wars, happy mothers!
The assault was so furious, that for one moment, it was inundated with assailants.
The pure, healthful, living, joyous air that was easy to breathe inundated him.
Rivers had careered over their banks, low-lying towns were flooded, the swollen sewers of cities exploded and inundated the streets, and gradually news came in from country districts showing that vast areas of land had been submerged, and hundreds drowned.
The ominous gleam of water, reflecting the light of his lamp, told him that the cellar was inundated almost to the top of the walls.