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
vb. (present participle of inundate English)
Usage examples of "inundating".
Pingos were blistering the northern lowlands, except of course where the frozen seas were pouring out of the drilling platforms, inundating the land.
It was the Hellas Sea coming toward her-her sea, her idea, now inundating the slope of the basin.
It was the Hellas Sea coming toward her—her sea, her idea, now inundating the slope of the basin.
Hot flame poured out like a river, inundating him in a jelly-like substance that clung to him, stinging like a man-of-war.
Hot water gushed down, inundating them, and as he turned back to her, he found that he was already deep inside her.
At the contact, he reared up and she felt him wildly inundating her mouth and throat as her tongue continued its soft whipping.
It smashed against the hull of the Bujun ship, inundating Aufeya completely.
The early morning mist rolled in heavy, oily undulations, inundating the green mountain-sides.
Long ago, massive lava slides, spewed up from the depths of the earth, had rolled slowly downward, inundating all in their paths.