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US
/ˌɪnənˈdeɪʃən/
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[ UK /ˌɪnəndˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /ˌɪnəndˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
plains fertilized by annual inundations -
an overwhelming number or amount
a flood of requests
a torrent of abuse
How To Use inundation In A Sentence
- In coastal regions sea level rise will lead to more coastal inundation.
- _A great waste by an inundation or inbreaking of the sea, a tribute of Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (7 of 8) The Seventh Boke of the Historie of England
- In the south, the disease, virulent and immedicable, had nearly annihilated the race of man; storm and inundation, poisonous winds and blights, filled up the measure of suffering. The Last Man
- The threatened inundation of fat had subsided, and all his old-time Indian leanness and of muscle had returned. Chapter XXVI
- In this inundation there comes to pass the essential outpouring or immersion in the superessential Unity; and this is the union without distinction, of which I have often told you. The Adornment of the Spritual Marriage
- In his recent introduction to a book on the photographers, he termed our current inundation with electronic media as a "moronic inferno."
- The capybara, for instance, is at home in the Latin American lowlands, where the climate is hot and humid and floods cause seasonal inundations. Chapter 3
- It lies in a pit, which, during the inundation, is filled with water.
- The inundation occurred because Sanchung's water displacement system was incapable of handling the torrential rain, the city said.
- palmetto" land, marking the limits of the annual inundation, extended northward through the woods, and parallel to the line of fence. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West