inundation

English Thesaurus

1. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (noun.phenomenon)

hypernym	:	geological phenomenon,
definition	:	a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth (noun.phenomenon)

hyponym	:	debacle,
definition	:	flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer (noun.phenomenon)

hyponym	:	flash flood, flashflood,
definition	:	a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration (noun.phenomenon)

hyponym	:	noachian deluge, noah and the flood, noah's flood, the flood,
definition	:	(Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings (noun.phenomenon)

2. an overwhelming number or amount (noun.quantity)

hypernym	:	batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad,
definition	:	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (noun.quantity)

3. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (noun.phenomenon)

derivation	:	flood,
definition	:	cover with liquid, usually water (verb.change)

derivation	:	deluge, inundate, submerge,
definition	:	fill or cover completely, usually with water (verb.change)

derivation	:	flood,
definition	:	become filled to overflowing (verb.change)

derivation	:	deluge, flood, inundate, swamp,
definition	:	fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (verb.contact)

4. an overwhelming number or amount (noun.quantity)

derivation	:	deluge, flood out, overwhelm,
definition	:	charge someone with too many tasks (verb.communication)

derivation	:	deluge, flood, inundate, swamp,
definition	:	fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (verb.contact)

derivation	:	flood, glut, oversupply,
definition	:	supply with an excess of (verb.possession)

derivation	:	torrential,
definition	:	resembling a torrent in force and abundance (adj.all)

5. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (noun.phenomenon)

derivation	:	flood,
definition	:	cover with liquid, usually water (verb.change)

derivation	:	deluge, inundate, submerge,
definition	:	fill or cover completely, usually with water (verb.change)

derivation	:	flood,
definition	:	become filled to overflowing (verb.change)

derivation	:	deluge, flood, inundate, swamp,
definition	:	fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (verb.contact)

6. an overwhelming number or amount (noun.quantity)

derivation	:	deluge, flood out, overwhelm,
definition	:	charge someone with too many tasks (verb.communication)

derivation	:	deluge, flood, inundate, swamp,
definition	:	fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (verb.contact)

derivation	:	flood, glut, oversupply,
definition	:	supply with an excess of (verb.possession)

derivation	:	torrential,
definition	:	resembling a torrent in force and abundance (adj.all)