I.
noun
1 large amount of water
ADJECTIVE
▪ catastrophic , devastating , great , severe
▪ flash
▪ spring , summer , etc.
VERB + FLOOD
▪ cause
▪
Heavy rainfall in the mountains caused the ~s.
FLOOD + VERB
▪ come
▪
No one knew that the ~ was coming.
▪ hit sth , strike sth
▪
This summer the region was struck by devastating ~s.
▪ inundate sth
▪
The fields were inundated by heavy ~s.
▪ cause sth
▪
The ~ caused widespread destruction.
▪ subside
▪
The ~s are slowly subsiding.
FLOOD + NOUN
▪ water (usually floodwater or floodwaters )
▪
The floodwaters did not begin to recede until September.
▪ plain
▪ damage
▪ alert ( BrE ), warning
▪ victim
▪ control , defence/defense , prevention , protection , relief
▪ insurance
PHRASES
▪ be in (full) ~ ( esp. BrE )
▪
The river was in full ~ (= had flooded its banks) .
2 large number/amount
ADJECTIVE
▪ great
▪ constant
▪ sudden
FLOOD + VERB
▪ inundate sb/sth
▪
She was inundated by ~s of fan mail.
VERB + FLOOD
▪ bring , cause
▪ release , unleash
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
a great ~ of refugees
PHRASES
▪ a ~ of memories ( esp. AmE )
▪
Writing about St. John's brings back a ~ of nostalgic memories.
▪ in ~s of tears (= crying a lot)
▪
The little girl was in ~s of tears.
II.
verb
VERB + FLOOD
▪ be liable to
▪
The area near the river is liable to ~.
PHRASES
▪ be badly ~ed
▪
The town had been badly ~ed.
▪ ~ its banks ( AmE ) ( burst its banks in BrE )
▪
The river had ~ed its banks.
Flood is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ colour , ↑ heat , ↑ light , ↑ pain , ↑ refugee , ↑ river , ↑ sunlight , ↑ sunshine , ↑ tear
Flood is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ ear , ↑ market , ↑ marketplace , ↑ mind , ↑ street , ↑ switchboard , ↑ vision