| NOUN | phenomenon | inundation, flood, deluge, alluvion | the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land |
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| quantity | inundation, flood, deluge, torrent | an overwhelming number or amount |
| Sounds | ih.nahndey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land. | |
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| Example | "plains fertilized by annual inundations" | |
| Synonyms | flood, deluge, alluvion | |
| Narrower | Noah's flood, Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, the Flood | (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah |
| debacle | flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer | |
| flash flood, flashflood | A sudden local flood of great volume and short duration | |
| Broader | geological phenomenon | A natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth |
| Spanish | aluvión, avalancha, avenida, diluvio, inundación | |
| Catalan | diluvi, inundació | |
| Verbs | inundate | fill or cover completely, usually with water |
| inundate | fill quickly beyond capacity | |
| Meaning | An overwhelming number or amount. | |
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| Synonyms | flood, deluge, torrent | |
| Broader | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent |
| Spanish | diluvio, inundación | |
| Catalan | diluvi, inundació | |
| Verbs | inundate | fill quickly beyond capacity |
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