inundate

Verbs

  • (v) fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
    • the basement was inundated after the storm
    • The images flooded his mind
    deluge, flood, swamp,
  • (v) fill or cover completely, usually with water deluge, submerge,

Synonyms

deluge flood swamp submerge

See also

flood in

Words of close approximity

inundated