inundation

inundation
Synonyms and related words:
affusion, alluvion, alluvium, aspergation, aspersion, avalanche, baptism, bath, bathing, bedewing, burial, cataclysm, cataract, dampening, damping, deluge, dewing, dip, dipping, dousing, drowning, duck, ducking, dunking, embarras de richesses, engulfment, enough, exaggeration, excess, extravagance, extravagancy, flood, flooding, hosing, hosing down, humidification, immergence, immersion, irrigation, landslide, laving, lavishness, moistening, money to burn, more than enough, overabundance, overaccumulation, overbounteousness, overcopiousness, overdose, overflow, overflowing, overgrowth, overlavishness, overluxuriance, overmeasure, overmuchness, overnumerousness, overpass, overplentifulness, overplenty, overpopulation, overprofusion, overrun, overrunning, overspreading, oversufficiency, oversupply, plenty, plethora, pour, prodigality, redundancy, rinsing, sinking, souse, sousing, sparging, spate, spattering, spill, spillage, splashing, splattering, spraying, sprinkling, submergence, submersion, superabundance, superflux, superiority, surplus, swashing, the Deluge, the Flood, torrent, washout, watering, wetting, whelming

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  • Inundation — In un*da tion, n. [L. inundatio: cf. F. inondation.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds. [1913 Webster] With inundation wide the deluge… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Inundation — (Ueberschwemmung), das Uebertreten von Wasser aus den Flüssen über die Ufer der letzteren infolge von Hochwasserständen oder Eisversetzungen, Dammbrüchen, Treibzeuganhäufungen vor Brücken u.s.w. Die Inundation ist entweder eine durch besondere… …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Inundation — (lat.), Überschwemmung, hervorgerufen durch Anstauung fließender Gewässer, wird unter Umständen im Feld , häufiger im Festungskrieg angewendet, um durch Vermehrung der Wassertiefe das Durchschreiten der Gewässer oder Festungsgräben unmöglich zu… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Inundation — (lat.), Überschwemmung …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • inundation — index cataclysm, inflow, overage, plethora, surfeit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • inundation — early 15c., from L. inundationem (nom. inundatio) an overflowing, noun of action from pp. stem of inundare to overflow, from in onto (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + undare to flow, from unda wave (see WATER (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • inundation — *flood, deluge, torrent, spate, cataract …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • inundation — noun a) The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds. b) (metaphorical) An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as …   Wiktionary

  • Inundation — In|un|da|ti|on 〈f. 20〉 Überschwemmung durch Senkung des Landes od. das Stauen der Gewässer [<lat. inundatio „Überschwemmung“; zu unda „Welle“] * * * Inundation   [lateinisch] die, / en,    1) Geographie: Überschwemmung; Inundationsgebiet, das… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • inundation — inundate ► VERB (usu. be inundated) 1) flood. 2) overwhelm with things to be dealt with. DERIVATIVES inundation noun. ORIGIN Latin inundare flood , from unda a wave …   English terms dictionary

  • inundation — noun see inundate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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