inundating

Variant of inundate

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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