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inundated

verb
  1. To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.

    "The Dutch would sometimes inundate the land to hinder the Spanish army."

  2. To overwhelm.

    "The agency was inundated with phone calls."

Synonymsbeflood, deluge, flood, beflood, deluge, flood
adjective
  1. Flooded

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