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flood, inundation

n. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"

torrent, soaker, downpour, cloudburst, waterspout

n. a heavy rain

inundate

v. fill or cover completely, usually with water

overwhelm, flood out

v. charge someone with too many tasks

flood, swamp, inundate

v. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

turbulence

n. unstable flow of a liquid or gas

storm, violent storm

n. a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightening

flood, overflow, outpouring

n. a large flow

waterfall, falls, cascade, cataract

n. a steep descent of the water of a river

overwhelm, overcome, overpower, overtake, whelm, sweep over

v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

flood, swamp, deluge, inundate

v. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

cover, spread over

v. form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave"

deluge, overwhelm, flood out

v. charge someone with too many tasks

drown, overwhelm, submerge

v. cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"

overburden

v. burden with too much work or responsibility

surround, circumvent, besiege, beleaguer, hem in

v. surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"

swallow, engross, immerse, bury, eat up, swallow up, enclose completely

v. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

overwhelm, overcome, overpower, overtake, whelm, sweep over

v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

flood, swamp, deluge, inundate

v. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

deluge, inundate

v. fill or cover completely, usually with water

cover, spread over

v. form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave"

swamp, drench

v. drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"

drown, overwhelm, submerge

v. cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"

surround, circumvent, besiege, beleaguer, hem in

v. surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"

overwhelm, overcome, overpower, overtake, whelm, sweep over

v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

deluge, inundate

v. fill or cover completely, usually with water

deluge, overwhelm, flood out

v. charge someone with too many tasks

soak, souse, sop, drench, douse, dowse, imbrue

v. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"

saturate, make saturated

v. cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

indoctrinate, teach uncritically, teach doctrines to

v. teach doctrines to; teach uncritically; "The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples"

imbue, diffuse, permeate, pervade

v. spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"

binge, stuff, glut, gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, englut, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, satiate, pig out, scarf out, pok out

v. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream"

overturn, revolutionize, change radically

v. change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"

sink, settle, go down, go under

v. go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

swallow, get down, pass through the esophagus

v. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"

flood

v. cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"

flood in

v. arrive in great numbers

empty, make empty, make void

v. make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"

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