inundate

Example Sentences

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Mr Weston said "prolonged wet weather meant further rain had nowhere to go other than to inundate our ageing and fragile sewer network".

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

Flooding to the extent considered possible in an extreme scenario “would inundate almost all of the land in the ports and some of the surrounding communities,” Wilson said when the latest maps were released.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2025

Runner-Up: I also let Instagram totally inundate me with border collie videos.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2024

Technicians drill holes into the infested wood to reach the termite "gallery" or lair, then inject poison into the hole to inundate the bugs.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2024

It took about twenty minutes for the spindrift to inundate my bivvy sack—a thin nylon envelope shaped exactly like a Baggies sandwich bag, only bigger—to the level of the breathing slit.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer