[
UK
/ˈɪnəndˌeɪt/
]
[ US /ˈɪnənˌdeɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈɪnənˌdeɪt/ ]
VERB
-
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
the basement was inundated after the storm
The images flooded his mind - fill or cover completely, usually with water
How To Use inundate In A Sentence
- It lives subtidally (from the high water mark, which is rarely inundated, to shoreline areas that are permanently submerged), or occasionally intertidally (the area that is exposed to the air at low tide and underwater at high tide). CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
- Briefly, I'm inundated with other matters, which also explains why so many e-mails are languishing in the ‘To Be Answered’ folder.
- The building of the canal is expected to control the annual floods that inundate many parts of the capital, causing much loss of life and property.
- Most flood-control projects involve widening, deepening and straightening channels so they can hold a larger volume of water before they can inundate adjacent flood plains.
- The cellars of 20 houses, the village hall and the communal cultural centre were inundated.
- Four more people drowned in eastern India on Wednesday and an overflowing river threatened to inundate low-lying areas around Patna, the populous capital city of Bihar state, relief officials said yesterday.
- Within two minutes of ordering appetizers, our party was inundated with marshmallow-size gnocchi and enough gooey risottos to caulk a ship.
- As Digital Media Manager I am inundated with press releases everyday proclaiming that this or that website is the next big thing.
- The gravlax was also ethereal, a perfect balance of sweet and salty had inundated the salmon flesh, which was perfect dipped in a dill mustard sauce. The only reason to go to Ikea...
- When water from a nearby active stream flooded into the dry watercourse, the nests and eggs, like those on the flats, were inundated with mud.