INUNDATION Synonyms

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

• an overwhelming number or amount

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

• a large flow

• the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

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

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

• cover with liquid, usually water

• supply with an excess of

• become filled to overflowing

• a heavy rain

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

• an overwhelming number or amount

• a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain

• a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things

• gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow

• a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls

• a succession of stages or operations or processes or units

• a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower

• rush down in big quantities, like a cascade

• arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible

• a sudden rapid flow (as of water)

• an unrestrained expression of emotion

• gush forth in a sudden stream or jet

• praise enthusiastically

• issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth

• 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

• the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

• physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

• a sudden forceful flow

• grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems

• the swift release of a store of affective force

• a sudden burst of activity

• (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

• not accepting reservations

• done under pressure

• move hurridly

• attack suddenly

• urge to an unnatural speed

• act at high speed

• run with the ball, in football

• cause to move fast or to rush or race

• cause to occur rapidly

• (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

• 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

• the act of cleaning with a broom

• taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination

• ignoring distinctions

• 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