Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: inundate
IPA transcription: ['ɪnənd,eɪt]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: inundate, deluge, submerge
    Meaning: fill or cover completely, usually with water
  • Synonyms: deluge, flood, inundate, swamp
    Meaning: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
Usage examples
  • Many of its details were doubtless suggested by the annual floods and fogs which inundate that famous valley and recall the primeval chaos so vividly pictured in the corresponding Babylonian story of the creation.