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Verbs (4)
deluge
v. fill or cover completely, usually with water
flood, swamp, deluge
v. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
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Adjectives (0)
Fuzzynyms (85)
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
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!"
Synonyms (1)
flood in
v. arrive in great numbers
Antonyms (3)
empty, make empty, make void
v. make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
inundate
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