FLOODING Synonyms

• the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

• an overwhelming number or amount

• a large flow

• the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity

• flow or run over (a limit or brim)

• overflow with a certain feeling

• a heavy rain

• a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)

• an overwhelming number or amount

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a sudden forceful flow

• the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow

• sinking until covered completely with water

• a sudden forceful flow

• a sudden or abrupt strong increase

• a large sea wave

• rise and move, as in waves or billows

• rise rapidly

• rise or move forward

• rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave

• see one's performance improve

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

• fill or cover completely, usually with water

• low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

• a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables

• drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

• gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment

• the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

• clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down

• light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography

• illuminate with floodlights

• gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat)

• a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area

• the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

• the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall

• overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

• supply with an excess of

• a natural flow of ground water

• a sudden rapid flow (as of water)

• the pouring forth of a fluid

• the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)

• a large flow

• fill beyond capacity

• the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall

• supply with an excess of

• light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography

• light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography

• the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding

• the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)

• the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)