flooding

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/ˈflʌdɪŋ/ English

Definitions

verb

To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.“The floor was flooded with beer.”
To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.“The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints.”
To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.

noun

An act of flooding; a flood or gush.
Emotional overwhelm sometimes leading to a primal state of rage or panic.

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Synonyms

inundate overfill deluge swamp swollen high overflowing implosion therapy in flood inundation floodwater freshet submergence landslide submersion water soaking saturation

Antonyms

Associated

inundated levee floods rains flood flooded washed rainfall evacuate downed tides hurricane

Rhymes

budding blooding thudding studding scudding spudding midding mudding squidding bedung

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