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n. the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

n. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"

n. the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare

floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood

n. light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography

overflow, outpouring

n. a large flow

flood

v. cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"

flood

v. become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"

deluge, inundate, swamp

v. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

oversupply, glut

v. supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"

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high

adj. greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has high hopes"; "the river is high"; "he has a high opinion of himself"

turbulence, turbulency

n. unstable flow of a liquid or gas

storm, violent storm

n. a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning

waterfall, falls

n. a steep descent of the water of a river

downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker

n. a heavy rain

overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake

v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

inundate, deluge, submerge

v. fill or cover completely, usually with water

overwhelm, deluge, flood out

v. charge someone with too many tasks

drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse

v. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"

saturate

v. cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

indoctrinate

v. teach doctrines to; teach uncritically; "The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples"

permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle

v. spread or diffuse through; "An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration"; "music penetrated the entire building"; "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks"

gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out

v. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"

revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn

v. change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"

go down

v. be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too"

swallow

v. keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"

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ebbtide

n. the tide while water is flowing out

empty, discharge

v. become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"

empty

v. make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"

low, ebb

adj. less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low"

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