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Flooding

//ˈflʌdɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act of flooding; a flood or gush. countable, uncountable

    "And by the same token it was plain that there had also been a hundred and seventy-five floodings of the earth and depositings of limestone strata!"

  2. 2
    a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them wordnet
  3. 3
    Emotional overwhelm sometimes leading to a primal state of rage or panic. countable, figuratively, uncountable
  4. 4
    A form of therapy that treats a phobia by suddenly exposing the patient to the object of the phobia, instead of approaching it gradually. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of flood form-of, gerund, participle, present

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