INUNDATE Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

inundate

verb

ˈi-(ˌ)nən-ˌdāt

Definition of inundate

as in to flood

to cover with a flood water from the overflowing bathtub inundated the bathroom floor

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Recent Examples of inundate As my dad was, patients today are inundated with misinformation spread by alternative-medicine practitioners, social media influencers and public figures. — Trisha Thadani Kirsten Potter Tanya Pérez Devin Murphy, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 The state’s coastlines have been inundated with high surf for much of the summer, leading to severe erosion at some of the state’s most popular beaches. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Texas’s Senate race has been inundated with bitter character attacks against the two candidates. — Matthew Choi, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026 At 27 feet, many agricultural levees are overtopped, rural areas flood widely, and secondary roads and homes behind levees may be inundated. — Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for inundate

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Nowhere was that fact clearer than after each concert in the casino where rivers of black Metallica T-shirts flooded the pit.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026
But suddenly everything will change, and clouds will come in, and in 10 to 15 minutes, rain will start and flood everywhere.

— William Earl, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of flood

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An off-duty KCPD detective and a Clay County sheriff’s deputy immediately jumped into action last week after spotting a Ford F-150 pickup truck engulfed in flames along Interstate 35 — and the whole thing was caught on camera.

— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026
And for much of the game Sunday, gloom once again engulfed McVay and a team that opened the season as a heavy Super Bowl favorite.

— Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of engulf

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Workers and employers are drowning in their health insurance premiums.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
And three, sometimes four, of those many waking hours are spent in the car — bouncing from home to school to her second or third job and home again — with music at full blast to drown out the babble of anxiety, most of it financial.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026

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