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Meaning of inundate in English

inundate
verb [ T ]
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/ˈɪn.ʌn.deɪt/ uk
/ˈɪn.ʌn.deɪt/

inundate verb [T] (TOO MUCH)

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to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all:
We have been inundated with requests for help.
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Causing difficulties for oneself or others
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inundate verb [T] (FLOOD)

formal
to flood an area with water:
If the dam breaks it will inundate large parts of the town.
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Floods, tides & currents
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(Definition of inundate from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

inundate | Intermediate English

inundate
verb [ T ]
us
/ˈɪn·ʌnˌdeɪt/
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to bring to a place or person too much of something, so that it cannot be dealt with:
After appearing on TV they were inundated with telephone calls for a week.
We were inundated with complaints when the show had to be canceled.
To inundate is also to flood (an area) with water:
Floods inundated various Indian communities.
(Definition of inundate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of inundate

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Eventually we'll be so inundated with "effects" that the word effect will lose its effect.
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From outside, while the top of the house seemed almost untouched, the first floor where the body was had been inundated.
From Huffington Post
They will be inundated with the warm wishes of spectators who monitored their ordeal from across the world.
From CNN
Email is considered "broken" by many who feel inundated by spam, offers, and long messages.
From TechCrunch
And that's the problem - audiences are inundated with seriocomedies 24/7.
From Los Angeles Times
We seem to be inundated now with books about death -- and about how great it is.
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Heavy rain can inundate the sewer system by flowing into sewage mains through cracks in the pipes and down manholes.
From Baltimore Sun
The overwhelming amount of support has inundated her local post office, the news station said.
From TIME
Why are we suddenly inundated with so many histories in 100 objects?
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Video captured them using their own tractors to patch the break before flood waters could inundate fields and homes.
From CBS Local
He has been inundated with messages of support and offers to pay his fine-- some, even, from famous people.
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Waves crashing so large they inundated my location.
From International Business Times
Thirty minutes passed between the quake and a wave that inundated coastal towns.
From NPR
Investors today are inundated with lists of "green companies" -- how can they assess the real impact these companies are having and compare corporate performance?
From Huffington Post
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Translations of inundate

in Chinese (Traditional)
太多, 使應接不暇, 洪水…
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太多, 使应接不暇, 洪水…
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inundar, ahogar…
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inundar…
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su basmak, sel basmak…
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inonder, submerger…
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overstromen…
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überschwemmen…
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