Inundation - English meaning

noun

A mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside.

Usage examples:

He was swept to his death by an avalanche in 1988

verb

(of a mass of snow, ice, etc.) descend rapidly down a mountainside.

Usage examples:

The snow had recently avalanched, so only surface hoar is thawing.

noun

A large amount of ice, snow, dirt, or rock falling suddenly and quickly down the side of a mountain

Usage examples:

We received an avalanche of complaints.

noun

A concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area.

Usage examples:

His forces launched an artillery barrage on the city

verb

Bombard (someone) with questions, criticisms, complaints, etc.

Usage examples:

His doctor was barraged with unsolicited advice

noun

A container consisting of one or more cells, in which chemical energy is converted into electricity and used as a source of power.

Usage examples:

A camera battery

noun

A device that produces electricity to provide power for radios, cars, toys, etc.

Usage examples:

What size battery do you need for the alarm clock?, you have to pass a whole battery of tests to ge…

noun

A device that produces electricity to provide power for cars, radios, etc.

Usage examples:

Charge/recharge a battery i need to recharge the batteries for my camera., a rechargeable battery, …

noun

A severe flood.

Usage examples:

This may be the worst deluge in living memory

verb

Overwhelm with a flood.

Usage examples:

Caravans were deluged by the heavy rains

noun

A very large volume of something, more than can be managed

Usage examples:

The newspaper received a deluge of complaints about the article., the senator’s office was deluged …

noun

An instance of giving off something such as a liquid or gas.

Usage examples:

A massive effusion of poisonous gas

noun

A flow of a gas through a small hole in a container

noun

An amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable.

Usage examples:

Are you suffering from an excess of stress in your life?

adjective

Exceeding a prescribed or desirable amount.

Usage examples:

Trim any excess fat off the meat

noun

An amount that is more than acceptable, expected, or reasonable

Usage examples:

They both eat to excess (= a lot more than they need)., the company’s losses are in excess of (= mo…

noun

An overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land.

Usage examples:

The villagers had been cut off by floods and landslides

verb

Short for floodlight.

verb

To fill or become covered with water or to cause this to happen to something

Usage examples:

[ t ] a burst pipe flooded the bathroom., [ i ] the basements of many downtown buildings would floo…

verb

(of a liquid, gas, or electricity) move steadily and continuously in a current or stream.

Usage examples:

From here the river flows north

noun

The action or fact of moving along in a steady, continuous stream.

Usage examples:

The flow of water into the pond

verb

(esp. of liquids, gases, or electricity) to move in one direction, esp. continuously and easily

Usage examples:

Air flows over an aircraft’s wing faster than it flows under it., lava from the volcano was flowing…

noun

The flood of a river from heavy rain or melted snow.

Usage examples:

Particularly high spring freshets would flood the quarries and put off the opening of the season.

noun

Pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds.

Usage examples:

Rain and hail bounced on the tiled roof

verb

Hail falls.

Usage examples:

It hailed so hard we had to stop

exclamation

Expressing greeting or acclaim.

Usage examples:

Hail, caesar!

noun

An arrival or entry of large numbers of people or things.

Usage examples:

A massive influx of tourists

noun

The arrival of a large number of people or things

Usage examples:

The town’s economy depends on the summer influx of tourists.

noun

An arrival of a large number of people or things at the same time

Usage examples:

Influx of sth he is amazed by the influx of new businesses of every kind., an influx of immigrants/…

noun

A fierce or destructive attack.

Usage examples:

A series of onslaughts on the citadel

noun

A violent and forceful attack

Usage examples:

Fig. with the nice weather, the beach towns are expecting an onslaught of tourists.

noun

Something that streams out rapidly.

Usage examples:

A massive outpouring of high-energy gamma rays

noun

Something that flows out in large amounts or with strong force, esp. emotion

Usage examples:

An outpouring of love/sympathy

noun

An excessive quantity.

Usage examples:

The country suffers from an overabundance of laws

verb

(especially of a liquid) flow over the brim of a receptacle.

Usage examples:

Chemicals overflowed from a storage tank

noun

The flowing over of a liquid.

Usage examples:

There was some overflow after heavy rainfall

noun

A large or excessive amount of something.

Usage examples:

A plethora of committees and subcommittees

noun

A very large amount of something, esp. a larger amount than you need, want, or can deal with

Usage examples:

A plethora of excuses/agencies/diet books

noun

A large number of similar things coming in quick succession.

Usage examples:

A spate of attacks on holidaymakers

noun

An unusually large number of events that happen suddenly and at about the same time

Usage examples:

We have had a spate of burglaries recently.

noun

A very large amount of something, especially more than is needed or usual

Usage examples:

The country has a superabundance of natural resources.

noun

A strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid.

Usage examples:

Rain poured down in torrents

noun

A large stream of water that moves very fast

Usage examples:

Heavy storms turned the river into a raging torrent., fig. the tv station received torrents of angr…

noun

A large number or amount of something

Usage examples:

A torrent of sth we got a torrent of e-mails complaining about the advertisement., a torrent of cri…