The inundation of coastal towns has begun. The sea has risen to the point that a high tide and a brisk wind are now all it takes to send water pouring into streets and homes.
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Inundation
Synonyms for "inundation" (109 found)
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9 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κατακλυσμός noun (act of inundating)
Arabic
1 entries- فيضان noun (act of inundating)
Bulgarian
1 entries- наводне́ние noun (act of inundating)
Chamicuro
1 entries- imujki noun (act of inundating)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 洪水 noun (act of inundating)
Czech
2 entries- zaplavení noun (act of inundating)
- záplava noun (act of inundating)
Dutch
1 entries- inundatie noun (act of inundating)
French
1 entries- inondation noun (act of inundating)
Georgian
1 entries- დატბორვა noun (act of inundating)
German
2 entries- Überflutung noun (act of inundating)
- Überschwemmung noun (act of inundating)
Hungarian
1 entries- áradás noun (act of inundating)
Italian
3 entries- allagamento noun (act of inundating)
- alluvione noun (act of inundating)
- inondazione noun (act of inundating)
Japanese
1 entries- 洪水 noun (act of inundating)
Korean
1 entries- 홍수 noun (act of inundating)
Latin
3 entries- abluvium noun (act of inundating)
- abluvium noun (act of inundating)
- ēluviō noun (act of inundating)
Nanai
1 entries- далан noun (act of inundating)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- سیل noun (act of inundating)
- سیلان noun (act of inundating)
- طوفان noun (act of inundating)
Persian
1 entries- سیلاب noun (act of inundating)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Äwaschwamunk noun (act of inundating)
Polish
2 entries- potop noun (act of inundating)
- powódź noun (act of inundating)
Portuguese
1 entries- inundação noun (act of inundating)
Romanian
2 entries- inundare noun (act of inundating)
- inundație noun (act of inundating)
Russian
2 entries- наводне́ние noun (act of inundating)
- пото́п noun (act of inundating)
Spanish
1 entries- inundación noun (act of inundating)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зато́плення noun (act of inundating)
- по́відь noun (act of inundating)
- по́вінь noun (act of inundating)
- пото́п noun (act of inundating)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Immediately after the inundation is imbibed, the Beduins sow the seed upon the alluvial mud, without any previous preparation whatever.
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Serious as was the flood damage in England, the bursting of some of the dykes on the coast of Holland resulted in an even more widespread and devastating inundation.
Source: wiktionary
There is an inundation of tourists in summer, but in winter the town is almost deserted.
Source: wiktionary
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