- 1inundate somebody (with something) to give or send someone so many things that they cannot deal with them all synonym overwhelm, swamp We have been inundated with offers of help.
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- 2inundate something (formal) to cover an area of land with a large amount of water synonym flood Flood waters inundate the river plain each spring.
inundate
verbNAmE//ˈɪnʌnˌdeɪt//
[usually passive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they inundate he / she / it inundates
past simple inundated
-ing form inundating
NAmE//ˌɪnʌnˈdeɪʃn//
noun [uncountable, countable]See inundate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: inundate