INUNDATE


Meaning of INUNDATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnʌndeɪt ]

( inundates, inundating, inundated)

1.

If you say that you are inundated with things such as letters, demands, or requests, you are emphasizing that you receive so many of them that you cannot deal with them all.

Her office was inundated with requests for tickets...

They have inundated me with fan letters.

= swamp

VERB : be V-ed with n , V n with n , also V n [ emphasis ]

2.

If an area of land is inundated , it becomes covered with water.

Their neighborhood is being inundated by the rising waters of the Colorado River.

= flood

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed

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