inundate

The definition of inundate is to flood or overwhelm with a lot of anything.

(verb)

An example of inundate is when you send a perspective new customer 100 pages of brochures and material every day for weeks and weeks.

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See inundate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb inundated, inundating

  1. to cover or engulf with a flood; deluge
  2. to overwhelm with a rush or great amount of anything

Origin: < L inundatus, pp. of inundare, to overflow < in-, in, on + undare, to move in waves, flood < unda, a wave: see water

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See inundate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing, in·un·dates
  1. To cover with water, especially floodwaters.
  2. To overwhelm as if with a flood; swamp: The theater was inundated with requests for tickets.

Origin:

Origin: Latin inundāre, inundāt-

Origin: : in-, in; see in-2

Origin: + undāre, to surge (from unda, wave; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots)

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  • inˌun·daˈtion noun
  • inˈun·daˌtor noun
  • in·unˈda·toˌry (-də-tôrˌē, -tōrˌē) adjective

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