inundation


 
  • flood: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
  • flood: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
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  • A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land, a deluge.MSN Encarta Dictionary. Retrieved on 2006-12-28. In the sense of "flowing water", the word is applied to the inflow of the tide, as opposed to the outflow or "ebb".
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