inundate
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
inundate /ˈɪnʌndeɪt/
▶verb
- 1 flood (a place).
- 2 overwhelm with things to be dealt with.
– derivatives
inundation noun.
inundation noun.
– origin C16 (earlier (ME) as inundation): from L. inundat-, inundare ‘flood’, from in- ‘into, upon’ + undare ‘to flow’ (from unda ‘a wave’).
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