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inundated


Meanings
  • Adjective

    Flooded or covered excessively, especially with water.

    - "The city was inundated during the heavy rainstorm."
    - "The fields were inundated with water from the broken dam."
  • Verb

    To flood or cover (something) excessively, especially with water.

    - "The river inundated the village during the flood."
    - "The authorities warned residents to evacuate before the area was inundated."

Synonyms

beflood , deluge , flood , beflood , deluge , flood
Rhymes
Words rhyming with inundated
jubilate , undulate , animate , fate
Variants
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inundate , inundated , inundates , inundating , inundation , inundations , inundator , inundators , inundatory
Etymology
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From the Latin word 'inundare', meaning 'to overflow'.


Trivia
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  1. The term 'inundated' is often used in meteorology to describe areas that receive heavy rainfall or flooding.

  2. The highest recorded flood in recorded history occurred in China in 1931, which inundated over 77,000 square miles and killed over 1 million people.


Related Concepts
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  1. Flood: A large body of water that covers land that is usually dry. Floods can be caused by heavy rain, melting snow, or a break in a dam or levee.

  2. Deluge: A heavy rainfall or flood that covers an area with water.


Culture
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In literature, 'inundated' is often used to describe the overwhelming nature of an experience, such as in 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, where the mariner is inundated with guilt and remorse.

How to Memorize "inundated"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a scene where water is overflowing and covering an area, such as a city during a flood.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'inundated' with the feeling of being overwhelmed or covered, such as when you are inundated with work or emails.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'Inundated Is A Flood' to help remember the definition of the word.


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