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inundate

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"Cover completely"

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɪn.ənˌdeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted adeinntuStarts with IEnds with E1 clues
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Definitions

  1. fill or cover completely, usually with water

Word origin

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin inundātus, the perfect passive participle of inundō (“to flood, overflow”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- + undō (“to overflow, wave”), from unda (“wave”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • The Dutch would sometimes inundate the land to hinder the Spanish army.
  • The agency was inundated with phone calls.
  • That books are pouring off the world’s presses at unprecedented rates is a fact often alluded to as a flood that is inundating libraries and the book trades.

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