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inundate

inun·date

UK/ˈɪn.ənˌdeɪt/ US/ˈɪn.ʌnˌdeɪt/ uncommon

verb

1.

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

  • “the basement was inundated after the storm”
  • “The images flooded his mind”
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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).

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