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Synonyms for inundation
in·un·da·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
flood, inundation, deluge, alluvionnoun
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
"plains fertilized by annual inundations"
Synonyms:
alluvial sediment, waterspout, pelter, soaker, deluge, floodlight, cloudburst, rising tide, overflow, alluvial deposit, flood, downpour, alluvion, alluvium, flowage, flood tide, flood lamp, photoflood, outpouring, torrentflood, inundation, deluge, torrentnoun
an overwhelming number or amount
"a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
Synonyms:
waterspout, pelter, soaker, deluge, floodlight, cloudburst, rising tide, overflow, violent stream, flood, downpour, alluvion, flowage, flood tide, flood lamp, photoflood, outpouring, torrent
Matched Categories
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#4817 | flood | |
#10774 | torrent | |
#12140 | flooding | |
#12225 | overflow | |
#42724 | deluge | |
#53663 | outpouring | |
#64094 | inundation | |
#71185 | downpour | |
#82637 | floodlight | |
#85487 | soaker | |
#89286 | alluvium | |
#141923 | flowage | |
#144746 | cloudburst | |
#225830 | waterspout |
How to use inundation in a sentence?
It's not one of these snow-melt events, it's the inundation of rain over the last 24 hours.
Those areas that are already vulnerable following last week’s weather are expected to see more rain, strong wind, heavy swells and coastal inundation which will exacerbate the situation, if the cyclone continues on its current path towards the north of Aotearoa New Zealand, we can expect this to be an extreme weather event with widespread damage.
Weve long suspected processes like shoreline erosion, waves overtopping and inundation would be additional factors for Hawaii, we found out it covers a lot more land ... I wasnt expecting such a large increase due to these other two processes.
A little and a little, collected together, become a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop makes an inundation.
Right now we're experiencing total inundation of areas that previously were not vulnerable to normal tides, we're getting something called King Tides -- extremely high tides. These were non-existent when I was a boy.
Translations for inundation
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- غمرArabic
- наводнениеBulgarian
- Überflutung, ÜberschwemmungGerman
- inundaciónSpanish
- inondationFrench
- सैलाबHindi
- alluvione, inondazione, allagamentoItalian
- 洪水Japanese
- დატბორვაGeorgian
- 홍수Korean
- ēluviōLatin
- inundatieDutch
- inundaçãoPortuguese
- inundație, inundareRomanian
- потоп, наводнениеRussian
- повідь, затоплення, потоп, повіньUkrainian
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