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inundation

 
Noun inundation has 2 senses
  1. flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion - the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
    --1 is a kind of geological phenomenon
    --1 has particulars: debacle; flash flood, flashflood
    Derived forms: verb inundate1, verb inundate2
  2. flood, inundation, deluge, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
    --2 is a kind of batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
    Derived form: verb inundate1
inumerable inunct inunction inunctus inundate inundate inundated inundating inundation inundation inunderstand inure inured inurement inusrers inutile inutility

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