Definitions for inundate

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inundate in·un·date

Spelling: [in-uh n-deyt, -uhn-, in-uhn-deyt]

IPA: /ˈɪn ənˌdeɪt, -ʌn-, ɪnˈʌn deɪt/

Inundate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 249 anagrams from letters in inundate (adeinntu).

Definitions for inundate

verb (used with object)

1. to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
2. to overwhelm:

Origin of inundate

1615-25; Latin inundātus, past participle of inundāre to flood, overflow, equivalent to in- in-² + und(a) wave + -ātus -ate¹

Examples for inundate

If they inundate us with their products, it is because they expect to be inundated with ours in return.

I have known freshets in March to inundate the country for miles.

I am willing to inundate you with glories and splendors and lightnings.

“Flaming” was one of the first, meaning to inundate someone with email spam.

A wave—it was like that—a wave of strong self-possession seemed to inundate him.

And it surged within him all the more, because he could not—as the mother does—inundate all the world with it.

It was the month of July; the Nile was about to inundate the country.

Do we not hear it said every day, "The foreigner is about to inundate us with his products?"

If then, they inundate us with their products, it is because they expect to be inundated with ours.

Now it has a different meaning: to inundate someone with profanity and insults.