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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
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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?
Today, the ancient tombs of the royal burial complexes are one of the few parts of the ancient Leluh site that remain intact, much of the historical site is overgrown by the tropical forest and has succumbed to hundreds of years of tropical weather and tidal inundation, and some parts of the site have been dismantled and reused in modern construction.
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.
This will be heartbreaking to these communities that have been experiencing years of drought only to see that turn into a torrential inundation.
This is not good news for communities, businesses, homeowners, and renters who are living or operating out of buildings and dwellings that are at risk from inundation.
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.
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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