'Inundation' definitions:
Definition of 'inundation'
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Definition of 'Inundation'
From: GCIDE
- Inundation \In`un*da"tion\, n. [L. inundatio: cf. F. inondation.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds. [1913 Webster]
- With inundation wide the deluge reigns, Drowns the deep valleys, and o'erspreads the plains. --Wilkie. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists. [1913 Webster]
- To stop the inundation of her tears. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inundation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affusion,
- alluvion,
- alluvium,
- aspergation,
- aspersion,
- avalanche,
- baptism,
- bath,
- bathing,
- bedewing,
- burial,
- cataclysm,
- cataract,
- dampening,
- damping,
- deluge,
- dewing,
- dip,
- dipping,
- dousing,
- drowning,
- duck,
- ducking,
- dunking,
- embarras de richesses,
- engulfment,
- enough,
- exaggeration,
- excess,
- extravagance,
- extravagancy,
- flood,
- flooding,
- hosing,
- hosing down,
- humidification,
- immergence,
- immersion,
- irrigation,
- landslide,
- laving,
- lavishness,
- moistening,
- money to burn,
- more than enough,
- overabundance,
- overaccumulation,
- overbounteousness,
- overcopiousness,
- overdose,
- overflow,
- overflowing,
- overgrowth,
- overlavishness,
- overluxuriance,
- overmeasure,
- overmuchness,
- overnumerousness,
- overpass,
- overplentifulness,
- overplenty,
- overpopulation,
- overprofusion,
- overrun,
- overrunning,
- overspreading,
- oversufficiency,
- oversupply,
- plenty,
- plethora,
- pour,
- prodigality,
- redundancy,
- rinsing,
- sinking,
- souse,
- sousing,
- sparging,
- spate,
- spattering,
- spill,
- spillage,
- splashing,
- splattering,
- spraying,
- sprinkling,
- submergence,
- submersion,
- superabundance,
- superflux,
- superiority,
- surplus,
- swashing,
- the Deluge,
- the Flood,
- torrent,
- washout,
- watering,
- wetting,
- whelming